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12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend

‘AN AFTERNOON WITH MARY LOU WILLIAMS’ at Our Lady of Lourdes School (May 5, 4 p.m.). Williams was a brilliantly syncretic pianist whose self-possessed, physical style spanned swing, stride, gospel and bebop. She was also a devoted proponent of fellow musicians; in short, the breadth of her impact on jazz — in New York and beyond — is hard to estimate. In the later decades of her life, Williams became a devout Catholic, and Our Lady of Lourdes became a second home. This three-part celebration of her life includes a screening of the documentary “Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band”; a conversation with the film’s director, Carol Bash; and finally a performance by the fine octogenarian pianist Bertha Hope’s hard-bop quartet. harlemrenaissance.org

STEPHAN CRUMP’S ROSETTA TRIO at Birdland Theater (May 3-4, 9:45 p.m.). Crump plays the bass with an effortless balance of molten flow and forceful power. For a listener, the result is another kind of healthy tension: between dynamic uncertainty and deep reassurance. Crump is most recognized for his work alongside the pianist Vijay Iyer, but he is also a quietly industrious bandleader, with a range of his own projects. Earlier this year his Rosetta Trio — a group that grew from the trauma of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and features Liberty Ellman on acoustic guitar and Jamie Fox on electric guitar — released an enchanting album, “Outliers.” They will perform selections from that record here. 212-581-3080, birdlandjazz.com

SATOKO FUJII at the Stone (through May 4, 8:30 p.m.). There is a winning clarity to Fujii’s playing, always guided by an equal focus on melody and texture. Last year, celebrating her 60th birthday, this pianist released a different album every month, each with its own identity. This week at the Stone, she is bringing her broad-minded approach to bear, playing on Thursday with the trumpeter Kappa Maki, the electronics artist Ikue Mori and the drummer Chris Corsano; on Friday with the bassist Chris Tordini and the drummer Devin Gray; and on Saturday with Maki, the keyboardist Al Martin and the drummer Andrew Drury. thestonenyc.com

‘MACHITO & THE IMPACT OF THE AFRO-CUBANS AT 80’ at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture (May 2-4). In the middle of the 20th century, Manhattan’s Palladium Ballroom was the cradle of Latin-music innovation in the United States, and its most esteemed statesman was Francisco Grillo, the singer, percussionist and bandleader known as Machito. This three-day festival at the Bronx’s Hostos Center celebrates his life and legacy with a mix of performances, film screenings and educational programming. Things come to a head on Saturday: A family concert featuring the drummer, percussionist and educator Bobby Sanabria kicks things off at 11 a.m.; Mario Grillo, a son of Machito, will lead a workshop at 1:30 p.m.; and the Machito Orchestra will close the festival with a concert at 8 p.m. 718-518-4455, hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts

BOBBY WATSON QUARTET at Smoke (May 2-4, 7, 9 and 10:30 p.m.). An alto saxophonist, Watson was part of Art Blakey’s epochal Jazz Messengers in the late 1970s and early ’80s, and in the years since he has carried on the famed drummer’s legacy as a practitioner of blues-rooted, straight-ahead jazz and a mentor to younger musicians. This weekend Watson brings his bubbling tone and slicing swing feel to Smoke, joined by the rising pianist Victor Gould, the bassist Curtis Lundy and the drummer Victor Jones. 212-864-6662, smokejazz.com

DENNY ZEITLIN at Mezzrow (through May 4, 7:30 and 9 p.m.). There’s a happy blend of combustion and concision in the music of Zeitlin’s longstanding piano trio, which features the fabled bassist Buster Williams and the drummer Matt Wilson. Zeitlin has been stretching this classic format since the 1960s, when he first began making engrossing, harmonically striated, propulsive albums for Columbia Records. Criminally under-recognized, he has recently found a welcoming home at Mezzrow, where the 81-year-old musician (and clinical-psychiatry professor) now appears somewhat regularly. 646-476-4346, mezzrow.com

GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO