The latest collaboration between the jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and the pop producer Jon Brian, who teamed on the influential album ?Largo? eight years ago, will be released on Tuesday.

Mr. Alf was an influential Brazilian songwriter, pianist and singer whose delicately swinging music was a precursor to the bossa nova.

The tenor saxophonist Houston Person began his first set at the Jazz Standard on Thursday night at a cruising tempo.

Away from Manhattan?s urban frenzy, one man?s hospitality has created an intimate stage for top-tier musicians.

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Lar Lubovitch creates pleasant works that show off his deep ties to the modern tradition.

Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA (Friday and Saturday) This precise and highly propulsive big band, featuring the pianist Arturo O'Farrill, welcomes a guest musical director, Cliff Korman, this weekend; the occasion is a concert called ''The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Goes Carioca,'' with a focus on Brazilian music. At 8 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street , (212) 864-5400, symphonyspace.org; $35 in advance; $40 on day of show; me...

The lineup of the CareFusion Jazz Festival, a major new event to be produced this summer by George Wein, reflects the renowned promoter?s new ways of thinking about jazz.

Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. JOHN BUNCH TRIO (Tuesday) John Bunch, an articulate pianist well into his 80s, leads his longstanding swing trio with the guitarist (and fellow octogenarian) Bucky Pizzarelli and the bassist (and sometime singer) Jay Leonhart. From 7:30 to 10 p.m., Smalls, 183 West 10th Street, West Village , (212) 252-5091, smallsjazzclub.com; cover, $20 (Nate Chinen)20100218

Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. BASIE AND THE BLUES (Friday and Saturday) The soulful churn of Count Basie is one of the touchstones for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and so this programmatic concert -- featuring a guest pianist, Cyrus Chestnut, and a guest singer, Gregory Porter -- will be a catalog of strengths, and a likely slam dunk. At 8 p.m., Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway , (212) 721-6500, jalc.org; ...

Mr. Dankworth was one of the leading lights of the British jazz scene for more than a half-century.

Stephen Sondheim?s songs reflect the far-sighted musical and psychological perspectives of Barbara Carroll, who turned 85 on Jan. 25 and is still going strong.