Jukebox: Silvano, Allison, Marsalis offer different shades of jazz

Jazz breaks out all over the coming week with five first-class shows — three tonight alone. Singer Judi Silvano pays tribute to Thelonious Monk tonight at Justin’s (301 Lark St., Albany), with pianist/singer Teri Roiger and bassist/singer John Menegon also on the bill. Expect Monk classics and fresh tunes from Silvano’s new “Cleome: Live Takes” album. Show time is 9:30 p.m. Admission is $5. Phone 436-7008 or visit www.justinsonlark.com. Also tonight, A Place for Jazz (First Unitarian Society of Schenectady Whisperdome, 1221 Wendell Ave.) presents bassist Ben Allison and his band Man Size Safe (guitarist Steve Cardenas, trumpeter Ron Horton, saxophonist Michael Blake and drummer Michael Sarin). Allison has a new album, “Little Things Run the World,” and Man Size Safe — one of his handful of groups — plays on the cusp between... [read full story]