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Friday, May 16 Sunny Murray transcended timekeeping as drummer with Cecil Taylor and Albert Ayler in the 1960's, and his unbounded approach changed rhythm evermore. His trio featuring tenor saxophonist Louie Belogenis and bassist Michael Bisio performs at 8 p.m. at Middle Collegiate Church, 50 E. 7^th St., Manhattan. $10

Saturday, May 17  Alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille - Trio 3 -- celebrate their 20^th anniversary at Sista's Place, the Bed-Stuy neighborhood cultural center, 9 & 10:30 p.m., 456 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn. $20.

Sunday, May 18 improvised electronica from Germany, as installation artist Carsten Nicolai performs in Signal with sound designers Frank Bretschneider and Olaf Bender (aka Byetone), then showcases others from his Raster-Noton label, at Issue Project Room, the anything-goes performance space - 8 p.m., The (OA) Can Factory, 232 3^rd St. 3^rd Floor. Brooklyn. $10.

Monday, May 19 Bassist-composer James Ilgenfritz leads a smart trio with saxophonist Michael Attias and drummer Harris Eisenstadt at Spike Hill, a hipster bar anything but average, given the music. 8 p.m.184 Bedford Ave (at North 7^th St.) Williamsburg, Brooklyn. $ tba.

Tuesday, May 20 The three-year old Brooklyn-based quartet Little Women (saxophonists Travis LaPlante and Darius Jones, guitarist Ben Greenberg and drummer Jason Nazary) distills free jazz, pop, thrasher rock and outright noise into a potent brew -- sharing a bill with Seattle-based The Dead Science and People, the avant-folk duo of violist Jessica Pavone and guitaritst Mary Halvorson. At 9 p.m., Zebulon, 258 Wythe Ave Williamsburg, Brooklyn, no cover, no minimum.

Wednesday, May 21 An intimate performance by Dutch improvising pianist Achim Kaufmann at the home of pianist Carl Maguire, with trumpeter Thomas Heberer and drummer Harris Eisenstadt, 888 Lincoln Place, Crown Heights, Brooklyn. 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 Drummer-composer Tyshawn Sorey has established himself as a new voice in improvised music, earning a nomination for Up 'n' Coming Musician of the Year in the 2008 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards . Trombonist Ben Gerstein, pianist Cory Smythe and bassist Chris Tordini are in his quartet performing pieces from his 2007 release THAT/NOT at Roulette, 228 W. Broadway, Manhattan. 8:30 p.m. $15.