Classically-trained quartet of electric guitarists, Dither and friends presents Steve Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' and lots more on Jan. 24 at Public Records.

Brooklyn's own Cisco Swank is a producer, vocalist, and songwriter whose music limns the space between jazz, R&B, and Hip-Hop. He plays the David Rubinstein Atrium on Jan. 23.

Leslie Mendelson crafts a folk-rock, pop-Americana flavor, evoking the sounds of Laurel Canyon, but with the downtown grit and sharp wit of Brooklyn. She plays Joe's Pub on Jan. 22.

Turntablist and collaborator DJ Logic was born and raised in the Bronx, and his music draws easily from jazz, hip hop and soul. DJ Logic and Friends play at Blue Note, Jan. 21-23. 

The Annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival brings the sounds, the dances, and the food of the Balkans to New York. Circle dance the nights away on Jan. 17-18 at Astoria World Manor.

New York’s redoubtable JACK Quartet plays two of Zorn’s greatest masterworks his unsettling “Necronomicon” and "Memento Mori" (dedicated to Ikue Mori) on Jan. 17 at Roulette. 

Bass player and songwriter Michael Olatuja and Lagos Pepper Soup bring their jazz, Afrobeat, and funk tribute to Lagos, London, and New York to Joe's Pub on Jan. 16.

Iconoclastic pianist Lara Downes and friends (Helga Davis, Arturo O'Farrill, Martha Redbone, Vuyo Sotashe, Samora Pinderhughes and Curtis Stewart) play at Joe's Pub on Jan. 15.

Sax player, composer, MC, and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin brings her band and a wide-angled view of jazz to the studio for the latest Soundcheck Podcast.