JOE LOVANO US FIVE Saxman Lovano’s current working group has two drummers, plus Esperanza Spalding on bass. Their most recent album explored new takes on Charlie Parker. Sept. 13-14, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets: $30-$35. Scullers, Boston. 617-562-4111. www.scullersjazz.com
MARK DRESSER What Dresser does on acoustic bass is rich, generous, and little short of amazing when performed solo, as in the first part of this show, which continues with duets with guitarist Joe Morris. Sept. 14, 7 p.m. Tickets: $10. Lily Pad, Cambridge. www.lily-pad.net
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Jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke is at the Regattabar on Oct. 12.
FRED HERSCH TRIO “Alive at the Vanguard” is the great pianist’s third album back from a six-month coma, but it’s a document of joyous creative renewal, not just fighting another day. Sept. 19, 8 p.m. $25. Scullers, Boston. 617-562-4111. www.scullersjazz.com
JEREMY PELT QUINTET A notable player in the generational renewal under way on trumpet, Pelt brings his quintet, including ace tenor saxman J.D. Allen, in support of their latest, ballad-led album, “Soul.” Sept. 20, 8 p.m. Tickets: $22. Scullers, Boston. 617-562-4111, www.scullersjazz.com
JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO
The venerable and versatile guitarist, whose work traverses post-bop and jazz-rock, visits with his cornerstone trio. Sept. 20-21, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets: $30-$35. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-395-7757,
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BEN POWELL QUARTET The young British-born, Boston-based violinist is a devotee of swing-era icon Stéphane Grappelli, whom he honors on his new album, “New Street.” Sept. 23, 5 p.m. Tickets: $15-$28. Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. 978-546-7391, www.rockportmusic.org
A NIGHT OF TWO PIANOS WITH GERI ALLEN AND JOANNE BRACKEEN Two bold, searching pianists meet fellow female virtuosos Terri Lyne Carrington (drums) and Tia Fuller (sax) to open the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, which continues with free shows the next day on Columbus Avenue. Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20-$25. Berklee Performance Center, Boston. 617-747-2261, www.berkleebpc.com
DONNY MCCASLIN With his quartet, this unfairly under-the-radar tenor saxophonist goes big on his 10th album, “Casting for Gravity,” a jagged, groovy treat at funk’s frontier. Oct. 10, 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Scullers, Boston. 617-562-4111, www.scullersjazz.com
LIONEL LOUEKE It’s past time to get to know the Benin-born guitarist, who’s in full creative voice on his brand-new fourth album, “Heritage,” with Robert Glasper on piano and producing. Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-395-7757, www.regatta
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PAT METHENY UNITY BAND A generous, expansive show is virtually guaranteed with guitar star Metheny, who shares the front line with saxman Chris Potter in the back-to-basics Unity Band. Oct. 14, 7 p.m. Tickets: $35-$65. Berklee Performance Center, Boston. 617-747-2261, www.berklee
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ANAT COHEN QUARTET Now entrenched as a bandleader in New York, the Israeli has become a leading voice on sax and especially clarinet. (Her brother, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, brings his trio Triveni to the same venue on Oct. 25.) Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets: $22-$25. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-395-7757, www.regattabarjazz.com
ERIK TRUFFAZ QUARTET The French trumpeter and European “nu-jazz” mainstay explores Indian, Arabic, and other palettes off a post-bop and ’70s jazz-rock foundation. Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-395-7757, www.regattabarjazz.com
JOHN COLTRANE MEMORIAL CONCERT It’s the 35th anniversary of this Boston rite of fall, where a devoted ensemble explores Coltrane’s repertoire and his spirit. Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35. Blackman Auditorium, Boston. 617-373-4700, www.tickets.neu.edu
YOKO MIWA Sensitive and swinging, the pianist and Berklee prof brings her trio back to Scullers, where her latest, and excellent, live CD was recorded. Nov. 14, 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Scullers, Boston. 617-562-4111, www.scullersjazz.com
DAVE DOUGLAS QUINTET WITH AOIFE O’DONOVAN New-bluegrass singer O’Donovan (Crooked Still) joins the trumpeter and his edgy quintet on their hymn-like album, “Be Still.” Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets: $25-$28. Regattabar, Cambridge. 617-395-7757, www.regattabarjazz.com