Jazz Listings for Nov. 20-26

Dave Liebman will lead the group Expansions on Saturday at the Jazz Gallery. See listing below. Credit Erin Baiano for The New York Times

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★ Darcy James Argue’s ‘Real Enemies’ (through Sunday) Conspiracy theories and American postwar paranoia form the broad subject matter for this new multimedia opus by Mr. Argue, a serious-minded young composer. Featuring his Secret Society big band, it’s a stylish collaboration with the writer-director Isaac Butler and the filmmaker Peter Nigrini — presented as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave festival, which also commissioned Mr. Argue’s previous work, “Brooklyn Babylon.” Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m., BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Street, Fort Greene, 718-636-4100, bam.org. (Nate Chinen)

Black Art Collective (Friday through Sunday) Though its name suggests a link to the poet Amiri Baraka’s Black Arts movement, this ensemble is bound by less contentious aims. The group upholds a vision of jazz derived partly from the heritage of its all-star roster: the trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, the tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, the trombonist James Burton, the pianist Xavier Davis, the bassist Gerald Cannon and the drummer Johnathan Blake. At 7, 9 and 10:30 p.m., Smoke, 2751 Broadway, at 106th Street, 212-864-6662, smokejazz.com. (Chinen)

Johnathan Blake Group (Monday) A smart, propulsive drummer who has lately proved himself an equally resourceful bandleader, Johnathan Blake convenes only first-rate talent in this quartet: the saxophonist John Ellis, the bassist Gregg August and the drummer Joe Dyson. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., the Jazz Gallery, 1160 Broadway, fifth floor, at West 27th Street, 646-494-3625, jazzgallery.org. (Chinen)

★ Dave Douglas Quintet (through Sunday) The trumpeter-composer Dave Douglas and this dynamic quintet have released three fine albums, the newest of which is “Brazen Heart,” his focus here. As on the album, he’ll feature original compositions tailored to the considerable strengths of his personnel: the saxophonist Jon Irabagon, the pianist Matt Mitchell, the bassist Linda Oh and the drummer Rudy Royston. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, 212-576-2232, jazzstandard.net. (Chinen)

George Garzone (Friday and Saturday) Mr. Garzone is a tenor saxophonist revered for his mastery of the Coltrane language, and for embracing the freer possibilities of improvisation. On Friday he leads a young group slyly billed as the Sons of George Garzone, with the tenor saxophonist Kenny Brooks, the guitarist Chris Crocco, the bassist Peter Slavov and the drummer Ian Froman. Saturday’s shows will feature the Fringe, an open-ended trio in which Mr. Garzone has played since the early ’70s, now with John Lockwood on bass and Bob Gullotti on drums. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, 212-989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com. (Chinen)

Wycliffe Gordon & Friends (Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 27 and 28) Mr. Gordon, a trombonist, trumpeter, singer and one-man jubilation engine, settles in for a Thanksgiving-week engagement at his second home. He’ll be in good company, with the pianist Ehud Asherie, the bassist Yasushi Nakamura and the drummer Alvin Atkinson Jr. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola; Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, 212-258-9595, jazz.org. (Chine)

★ Roy Haynes (Tuesday and Wednesday) At 90, Mr. Haynes has lost remarkably little of his crisp pugnacity as a drummer, even less of his cavalier swagger as a bandleader and virtually none of his sartorial flash. He appears, as usual, with diligent musicians many years his junior. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village, 212-475-8592, bluenote.net. (Chinen)

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