TODAY’S BEST BETS

Jazz

Genre-blurring guitarist Bill Frisell, second from left, who incorporates everything from bluegrass to avant-garde, leads a quartet of Kenny Wollesen (drums), Greg Leisz (guitar) and David Piltch (bass).

* McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 828-4403. 8 and 10:30 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Dance

Southern California is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran--about 600,000. So a performance of the music and dance of Iran should find a welcoming audience.

* Kavosh and Banafsheh Sayyad, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 655-8587. 8 p.m.

Theater

TV veterans Ralph Waite and Marian Mercer portray inhabitants of a retirement home who play out their contentious relationship over gin rummy and reveal their lives in the process.

* “The Gin Game,” La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd. (562) 944-9801, (714) 994-6310. 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. Ends Nov. 21.

Music

Paul Hillier leads the a cappella Theatre of Voices ensemble in music by John Dunstable, Johannes Ciconia, Arvo Part and John Cage.

* Schoenberg Hall, UCLA. (310) 825-2101. 8 p.m.