Mark Helias and Mark Dresser

Tuesday 7
Bassist Ben Wanicur hosts the monthly jam session at 3rd Space (4610 Park Boulevard) with Jason Shattil on piano and Charlie Weller on drums at 8:00 p.m. for a $5 cover … big night at The Loft (911 Lyman Lane) with Kyle Motl and Tommy Babin starting the evening at 7:30 p.m., followed by Mark Dresser and Mark Helias, followed by Open Loose with Helias, Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey, all for free.

Wednesday 8
Chaos Magic with Josh Charney, Kyle Motl and Andrew Munsey play The Loft, followed by a group with Charney, Motl, Tommy Babin, Drew Ceccato, Peter Kuhn, Stephanie Richards, Munsey, and Nathan Hubbard at 8:00 p.m. free … the Jazz 88 Blues Jam with Mark Augustin & friends happens at Proud Mary’s (5500 Kearny Mesa Road) from 6:30 p.m. Free and family friendly.

Thursday 9
Fresh Sound presents On Structure with percussionists Natacha Diels and Jessie Marino at Bread & Salt (1955 Julian Avenue) at 7:30 p.m. $15 general admission, $10 students.

Friday 10 The Larry White Trio with Cecil McBee Jr. and Ronnie Stewart play Eddie V’s at Seaport Village from 7:00 p.m. free … the Allison Adams Tucker Quartet with Danny Green, Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm play Croce’s Park West (2760 Fifth Avenue) from 7:00 p.m. for a $5 cover.

Saturday 11
The Joshua White Quartet with Josh Johnson, Dave Robaire and Dan Schnelle perform at the Carlsbad Library (1775 Dove Lane) from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. free … The Four with Rob Whitlock, John Rekevics, Duncan Moore and Amber Whitlock play Northern Spirits (727 West San Marcos Boulevard) from 7:30 p.m. no cover … Son Pa Ti with Alex Lopez, Mark Lopez, Alberto Diaz, Oscar Angulo, and Nelson Guzman are at Turquoise (873 Turquoise Street) from 9:00 p.m. free … the Nathan Collins Group with Ian Kaufman, Wylen Winchell, Scott Roberts, and Nick Barnes salutes the Jazz Crusaders at Dizzy’s (4275 Mission Bay Drive) at 8:00 p.m. $15 at the door … the Willie Jones III Quintet with Eric Reed, Gilbert Castellanos, Ralph Moore and Buster Williams play TSRI (10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive) 7:30 p.m. $35 general admission $30 Athenaeum members. Wheels with Ellen and Bob Weller, Madelyn Byrne and Randy Hoffman play the Wonder Valley Experiment (83131 Amboy Road, Twentynine Palms) at 11:20 p.m. Free.

Sunday 12
The Matt Smith Neu Jazz Trio with Fernando Gomez on drums, Mack Leighton on bass and Hugo Suarez on keyboards play the Sunday Jam at 98 Bottles from 2:00 p.m. No cover, 21+.