>> Tonight, The Alfred Mojica Band, a latin-jazz ensemble, performs at The Bossa Bistro & Lounge. Call 202-667-0088 for details.

>> On Thursday, guitarist Robben Ford (pictured), an alum of Miles Davis’ band, takes the stage for a four night stand at Blues Alley. Tickets to the daily 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. sets are available here. $35 + $10 food/drink minimum.

>> HR-57 has some cool things going on this weekend. On Friday, saxophonist Brian Horton brings his quartet to the club for an evening of straight ahead jazz, and Rhythminic Accents performs more of the same on Saturday. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. $12.

The Millennium Stage, as always, has some cool stuff going on and even though it isn’t classified as jazz, you deserve to know about it. All shows are at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

>> On Thursday, Ida Lundén is a frequent keyboard and live-electronics player and performer in the fields of improvised music, avant pop, and other experimental music. Her sister, singer and performance artist Sara Lundén, mixes genres like disco, schlager, chanson, and electro in her own unique way. Arturas Bumšteinas premieres a composition for cellos and laptop written for Sonic Circuits, performed by D.C.-area musicians. Part of D.C.’s Sonic Circuits Festival.

>> On Friday, octogenarian fiddler Joe Thompson, said to be the last black traditional string band player, exhibits his skills with fellow folk musicians Wayne Martin on fiddle and Bob Carlin, a clawhammer style banjoist.

>> On Saturday, Indo-Canadian vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia performs the ghazal form and folk songs of Punjab, her family’s home region, accompanied by tabla, guitar, and harmonium. Both shows are at 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Image taken from Robben Ford’s MySpace page