Bern Nix Trio + Jane Ira Bloom Trio

Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has achieved something many more famous players never find: an instantly identifiable, personal sound—in her case, based in intense lyricism, striking melodies and subtle electronics. Tonight Bloom plays an 8pm ballads program with bassist Dean Johnson and pianist Dominic Fallacaro. Headlining at 10pm is guitarist and former Ornette Coleman sideman Bern Nix, who offers relatively low-key free-jazz guitar flights—scribbly but not manic.