(Chinen) ADAM ROGERS GROUP (Tonight and tomorrow night) As on "Apparitions" (Criss Cross), the latest album by the guitarist Adam Rogers, this band features serpentine melodic lines and a rock-informed rhythmic thrust.
(Chinen) ★ Odean Pope Saxophone Choir With James Carter (Friday through Sunday) Led by Mr. Pope, a tenor saxophonist and composer from Philadelphia, this band features nine saxophones and a rhythm section and produces an unmistakable, vibrant sound.
(Chinen) *DIZZY GILLESPIE ALUMNI ALL-STARS (Tuesday through Oct. 23) Dizzy Gillespie, the trumpeter and bebop patriarch, was among the finest talent scouts in jazz; this band features some especially gifted veterans of his employ, including the saxophonists James Moody and Paquito D'Rivera, the trombonist Slide Hampton and the bassist John Lee.
This band, featuring former members of Fu Manchu, specializes in a shaggy, repetitive sub-genre of hard rock; the band has earned a small cult of fans who appreciate consistency and perseverance.
But he brushes against the glorious tradition of tenor-sax trios with this band featuring the bassist Chris Tordini and the drummer David King, which hunkers down here in preparation for the recording studio.
(Chinen) ★ DREW GRESS'S 7 BLACK BUTTERFLIES (Wednesday) On his impressive new album, "The Irrational Numbers" (Premonition), the bassist Drew Gress pursues a form of disciplined abstraction with this band, featuring the trumpeter Ralph Alessi, the alto saxophonist Tim Berne, the keyboardist Craig Taborn and the drummer Tom Rainey.
Tuesday at 10 30 p.m. and midnight, Smalls, 183 West 10th Street, West Village, smallsjazzclub.com; cover, $20. (Chinen) TAIN AND THE EBONIX (Friday through Sunday) Jeff Tain Wattsts, one of the most dazzling drummers in jazz, has a gutsy recent album called "Folk's Songs" (Dark Key), with this band, featuring Christian McBride on bass, David Kikoski on piano and Marcus Strickland on saxophones.
(Chinen) LARRY WILLIS QUINTET FEATURING EDDIE GOMEZ (Friday through Sunday night) Larry Willis is a pianist with a full sound and a bright style, qualities that should suit this band featuring Eddie Gomez, a virtuoso bassist, along with the alto saxophonist Joe Ford, the trombonist Steve Davis and the drummer Billy Drummond.
(Chinen) Eivind Opsvik and Overseas (Thursday) Mr. Opsvik is a Norwegian bassist with a deep connection to songlike melody, as he routinely demonstrates with this band, featuring Tony Malaby on tenor saxophone, Jacob Sacks on keyboards, Brandon Seabrook on banjo and guitar, and Kenny Wollesen on drums.
This band, featuring Kristin Kelly, Joshua Leavitt and Olya Mokina, have recorded one full-length self-titled LP.
The London Tour version of the band features London-mod inspired outfits, instruments, and original music.
