Elias Haslanger Quintet (9:00), Trip Trio w/ Lissa Hattersley

The Elephant Room has struggled during the pandemic, reopening and re-closing a few times, but it’s back in action with powerhouse bills like these. Friday features the Elias Haslanger Quintet, as the tenor saxophonist takes a break from Church On Monday duties to bop old school. A genre-hopper most at home with swinging improvisation, trumpeter Ephraim Owens brings his fivesome to the Saturday night slot. The weekend closes out with the Mitch Watkins Trio, as the titular guitar star – sideman to Leonard Cohen, Lyle Lovett, and more, as well as a leader in his own right – burns up his fretboard. —1283273