The Italian jazz pianist Rossano Sportiello emphasized the pop-classical connection while paying tribute to George Shearing.

A selected guide to jazz performances in New York City.

Time was knocked around onstage by the drummer Milford Graves at the opening night of the Vision Festival on Wednesday at the Roulette in Brooklyn.

Time was knocked around onstage by the drummer Milford Graves at the opening night of the Vision Festival on Wednesday at the Roulette in Brooklyn.

“Swinging With the Big Bands” was the season finale of Michael Feinstein’s Jazz at Lincoln Center series exploring the intersection of jazz and popular song.

An exhibition at the Staten Island Museum covers the cicada’s return to the area after a 17-year hiatus.

The Hedvig Mollestad Trio, from Norway, mixes Black Sabbath and jazz inflections, and Marc Cary, long an accompanist, issues his first solo piano album.

The Italian pianist Stefano Bollani took on Michael Jackson and Thelonious Monk in his Thursday set at Birdland, where he broke into thigh-slapping and a riff on the word “intro.”

A selected guide to jazz performances in New York City.

Formal dress is encouraged and there is live jazz during the week.