8 pm: Jazz

In one of its higher-profile jazz bookings since opening in Hollywood, the Knitting Factory is presenting a two-night stand by the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine, led by the legendary high-voltage drummer.

* Elvin Jones Jazz Machine, Knitting Factory, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 8 p.m. $30. (323) 463-0204. (Also Friday)

8 pm: Theater

“Fosse,” the Tony Award-winning musical tribute to legendary dancer, choreographer and director Bob Fosse, returns in its latest national touring production. Directed by Richard Maltby Jr. and Ann Reinking, it was created by Reinking and the late Gwen Verdon.

* “Fosse,” Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m. $29.75 to $63.75. Ends April 29. (714) 740-7878; (213) 365-3500.

8 pm: Theater

“Fresh Tracks (01),” the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s annual performance art/spoken word series, presents a rotating bill featuring Mao’s Kids’ performance piece, “Hell”; Alison De La Cruz in excerpts from her solo show, “Tales from the Hip”; Erin O’Brien’s new comedic piece; Jose “Flipchild” Saenz’s new poems; composer Byron Au Yong’s new work; and Melinda Corazon Foley’s spoken-word pieces. Spoken word trio zero 3 and a screening of “Angry Little Asian Girl” are presented with each evening’s program.

* “Fresh Tracks (01),” David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Center for the Arts, 101 N. Judge John Aiso St., Little Tokyo, downtown L.A., Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m.; call for individual schedules. (213) 680-3700.

8 pm: Music

The recent Grammy-winning Emerson String Quartet plays works by Shostakovich (Quartet No. 14). Beethoven (Opus 131) and Haydn (Quartet in G, Opus 54, No. 1) in intimate Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* The Emerson String Quartet plays in Founders Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, at 8 p.m. $46. (714) 740-7878.

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FREEBIE: Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuna performs and discusses her work at the UCLA Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. (310) 443-7020.