blue note, 131 W. 3rd St., 212-475-8592: Through Feb. 12-Sergio Mendes Brasil 2005, featuring Mendes on keyboards, 8 & 10:30 p.m., $15-$25; Feb. 13-Danny Aiello, 8 & 10:30 p.m., $15-$25.
cajun, 129 Eighth Ave., 212-691-6174: Nightly music, call for details.
cornelia street cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, 212-989-9319: Feb. 10-Jake Marmer’s I & Thou Circus, contemporary Jewish music with a world beat, 6 p.m., $6; Feb. 13-Christian Winter Quartet, swinging jazz, 8:30 p.m., $10; Feb. 21-Anne Mette Iversen, contrabassist and composer, performs with her Quintet before embarking on a European tour, 8:30 p.m., $8 cover; call about this and other upcoming shows.
dekk, 134 Reade St., 212-941-9404: Every Sun.-The Jazz Brunch, featuring standards & original compositions with the Tony DiGregorio Trio, 1-4 p.m., no cover & no min.
greenwich house music school, 46 Barrow Street, 212-242-4770: Feb. 17-Sylvie Robert, soprano performing improvisations based on the journal entries of Elisabeth Wittelsbach, 8 p.m., $10-$15.
greenwich village bistro, 13 Carmine St., 212-206-9777: Whirled Music: Feb. 10-Hadir Noiberg, no cover; Feb. 16-Michael Louis Trio, jazz, no cover.
housing works used book cafe, 126 Crosby St., 212-334-3324: Live from home accoustic music series: Feb. 18-Mike Doughty, Damon & Naoimi, & Emiliana Torrini, 7:30 p.m., $25.
the jazz gallery, 290 Hudson St., 212-242-1063: Feb. 17-The E.J. Strickland Project, debut performance, 9 & 10:30 p.m., $10-$15.
the living room, 154 Ludlow St., 212-533-7235: Feb. 13-Cuban love songs for Valentine’s weekend, 8 p.m., free.
new school university, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th St., 212-243-9937: The Schneider Concerts: Feb. 13-The Borealis String Quartet, one of Canada’s rising stars, 2 p.m., $5-$15.
pen and brush, 16 E. 10th St., 212-475-3669: Call for information about upcoming concerts; Concerts begin at 7 p.m., $5-$12.
St. Mark’s church in the bowery, 10th St. & 2nd Ave., 917-803-2469: Feb. 13-Soulful Sunday, an afternoon of tap & jazz, 3 p.m., free.
washington square music festival, 103 Waverly Place at MacDougal, 212-252-3621: Feb. 24-Bach in Winter, benefit for the Summer concerts, 8 p.m., $25-$50.
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