Benefit for local jazz treasure Daniel Jackson is on at Dizzy's

Wednesday 23
Gilbert Castellanos presents the Young Lions series at Croce’s Park West (2760 Fifth Avenue) featuring Lizzi Trumbore, 7 p.m. $5 cover… It’s the Jazz Jam Session this week at Seven Grand Whiskey Bar (3054 University Avenue) with Joshua White on piano, Rob Thorsen on bass, and Duncan Moore on drums. 9:00 p.m. No cover. Musicians bring your horns!

Thursday 24
Bob Weller Quartet with Gerard Nolan on saxophone, Danny Weller on bass, Charles Weller on drums at 98 Bottles (2400 Kettner Boulevard) 7:30 p.m. $15… Besos de Coco with Lorraine Castellanos, Evona Wascinski, and Claudia Gomez at Croce’s Park West 7 p.m. $5 cover… The Earful and St. Paul & the Broken Bones at the Loft (9500 Gilman Drive) 8 p.m. $10 GA, UCSD students free!... New York trumpeter Andrew Neesley performs with drummer David Whitman at Smith Recital Hall, SDSU 7 p.m. free!

Friday 25
Bassist Danny Weller puts on a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald with vocalist Rebecca Jade, pianist Jason Shattil, and drummer Duncan Moore at 98 Bottles. 7 p.m. $15… Jamie Shadowlight performs a solo violin + electronics show at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall Street) at 7 p.m. $12.

Saturday 26
Peculiar Percussion with Nathan Hubbard, Brandon Relf, Orgasmatron, and M.J. Stevens hit at Space 4 Art (325 15th Street) 7 p.m. $ 5 cover… Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker has a CD-release party at the Loft with Kamau Kenyatta, Peter Sprague, Tripp Sprague, Danny Green, Evona Wascinski, and Julien Cantelm. 8 p.m. $20 reserved seating, $17 GA… Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos presents a tribute to Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley at 98 Bottles, with Melissa Morgan, Sam Hersh, Christopher Hollyday, Rob Thorsen and Matt Witek. Two shows: 7:30 and 9:30. $25 at the door... The Peter Marin Trio with Barry Farrar on drums play the Great American Songbook at Andiamo’s (5950 Santo Road) from 5:30-8:30 p.m. no cover.

Sunday 27
A benefit for San Diego treasure Daniel Jackson is on at Dizzy’s (4275 Mission Bay Drive), featuring Joshua White on piano, Marshall Hawkins on bass, and many more. All proceeds go to raise funds for Jackson’s medical expenses. 7 p.m. $20 cover… Justin Grinnell Quintet salutes the music of Horace Silver at Grossmont College, Bldg. 26, (8800 Grossmont College Drive) with Grinnell on bass, Melonie Grinnell on piano, Paul Seaforth on trumpet, Christopher Hollyday on sax, and Kevin Higuchi on drums. $10 GA, $8 seniors, $5 students. 6:30 p.m.… Nathan Hubbard’s OGD_S(11)Translation Has Failed and Michael Dessen touch down at the Taoist Sanctuary (4229 Park Boulevard) 8 p.m. $5 cover.