Big Noise from the Upper West Side

The New York Jazzharmonic is a new 17-piece jazz big band, dedicated to presenting original music by a wide variety of composers, performed by superstar guest soloists from the jazz, crossover, and world music spheres. Tonight, acclaimed jazz composer Jim McNeely perform as piano soloist in the US premieres of several of his works. The ensemble’s associate artistic director Miho Hazama conducts and also premieres several of her own new compositions. Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, btwn. 94th and 95 Sts. Jan. 10, 7 p.m. Tickets are $25; $10 for students at symphonyspace.org.