Welsh guitarist Gwenifer Raymond tells tales without words with her aggressive fingerpicking - adapting the “American Primitive” style. She plays at Public Records on Dec. 6.

Drummer and bandleader Ulysses Owens, Jr. returns to Dizzy’s Club with a powerhouse big band from Dec. 4-7. Expect originals and music by Terence Blanchard, John Coltrane, and Nirvana. 

Budos Band mixes vintage soul with elements of Afrobeat, Ethiopop, Latin funk, and a bit of metal for a cinematic instrumental sound. They play at White Eagle Hall on Dec. 4.

Musician, poet, visual artist, and Professor of Composition Moor Mother debuts her new band at Powerhouse Arts on Dec. 2 on a double bill with Pussy Riot. 

Vibraphonist, marimbist, and composer Patricia Brennan celebrates her album "Of The Near And Far", leading her large electroacoustic band in a show on Dec. 1 at Roulette. 

New York trombonist/composer Kalia Vandever leads her quartet Kanoa Mendenhall [bass], Flanafi [guitar], and Kayvon Gordon [drums], in a record release show on Nov. 29 at Public Records.

Billy Hart, NEA Jazz Master and revered educator, celebrates his 85th birthday and an album release with The Billy Hart Quartet on Nov. 28-30 at Smoke Jazz Club. 

The NY Phil plays Respighi's extravagant Pines of Rome and Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus, both featuring recordings of birdsong; plus, other works on Nov. 26 at David Geffen Hall.

Dakha Brakha is a Ukrainian world music band from Kyiv who bring their “ethno chaos” sound to White Eagle Hall on Nov. 26.