Reed player Charlie Gabriel has played with Charles Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He releases his first album, called "89", in July.

New York-based jazz musician Tony Scherr plays acoustic and electric bass and guitar in a variety of (often downtown) line-ups. He and his trio play at LunÁtico on Monday, Jan. 24.

The Cumbia River Band somehow manages to create a distinctly New York style of cumbia, one that has an elegant jazzy swing to it. The play at Symphony Space on Fri., Jan. 21. 

The annual Winter JazzFest offers virtual marathon concerts, with harpist Brandee Younger and her Quintet, Red Baraat, and violinist Sana Nagano as part of Marathon Night 3, Jan. 19.  

Malian singer Rokia Koné has been nicknamed "The Rose of Bamako." She's about to release her first full album, and her new single, “Kurumba,” is part of the Weekly Music Roundup. 

Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Famer, Bobby Rush, who played the so-called Chitlin’ Circuit for decades, is now 88. He plays two sets on Mon., Jan. 17, at The Blue Note. 

Detroit techno pioneer Juan Atkins, aka Model 500, Cybotron, and Infiniti, who has been cranking out tracks for nearly four decades, returns to Brooklyn’s Good Room on Friday, Jan. 14.

The New York indie pop band MisterWives has made its reputation on bouncy, danceable rock. They play Jan. 13-14 at Webster Hall. 

Jan. 8 would have been David Bowie's 75th birthday. To mark this year, there's a Soho pop-up venue offering Bowie's videos, photos, and albums, remixed in 360-degree immersive sound.