Jane Monheit is singing at Birdland, and her best performances on Tuesday evening were of familiar songs that she turned into heartfelt reflections on motherhood.

A selected guide to jazz performances in New York City.

Songs from the saxophonist Noah Preminger’s new album, “Haymaker,” highlighted his show in Manhattan.

Wayne Horvitz’s improvisations with the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble on Tuesday night seemed a nod to his good friend Butch Morris’s methods.

Chick Corea presented Beka Gochiashvili and Gadi Lehavi at the Allen Room as part of his mini-festival.

In their first joint interview, the guitarist Pat Metheny and the saxophonist John Zorn talk about Mr. Metheny’s new album, a recording of Mr. Zorn’s music.

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A selected guide to jazz performances in the New York area.

The Gil Evans Project featured “Gypsy Jump,” a song not played since 1942, in its set at the Jazz Standard.

“The Girls in the Band” tells the story of women faced with racism and sexist male musicians in the 1930s and ’40s.