Paul Motian Trio 2000 + 2 (March 2011)

★ Paul Motian Trio 2000 + 2 (Friday through Sunday) The drummer Paul Motian recently hit on a new lineup for this nonstandard-standards ensemble: Masabumi Kikuchi on piano, Loren Stillman on alto saxophone and both Ben Street and Thomas Morgan on bass. Expect a weightless and luminous sort of music, with an equal commitment to mystery and melody. At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village , (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; $25 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Nate Chinen)20110310