The Jimmy Greene Group

The fierceness that you hear in the saxophonist’s work has to do with commitment. Greene’s mainstream swing is noticeably punchy because of the way he attacks a performance; see the new Mission Statement for some of the ferociousness. This quartet looks standard on paper: A piano trio with a horn-wielding boss. But they’ve got several tricks up their sleeve and in their hands the mainstream gets nudged toward the deep end. You want interaction? These guys deliver.

Fri., May 15, 10:30 p.m. & midnight; Sat., May 16, 10:30 p.m. & midnight, 2009