7 pm: Jazz

Pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter Roy Hargrove will celebrate the music of two jazz legends--Miles Davis and John Coltrane--with their program “Directions in Music.” The concert, which features compositions by Davis and Coltrane, commemorates the 75th anniversary of their births.

* “Directions in Music” Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove, USC Bovard Auditorium, 3551 Trousdale Parkway, L.A., 7 p.m. $10 to $28. (213) 740-2167. Also Sunday at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, 7 p.m. $35 to $45. (800) 300-4345.

10 pm: Pop Music

The music of the influential Eddie Palmieri falls into many Afro-Caribbean subgenres, but in a two-night career retrospective at the Conga Room, the New Yorker will split the difference. In the opener, he’ll revisit the sounds of his legendary 1960s band La Perfecta, then turn to his fertile Latin jazz excursions Friday.* Eddie Palmieri, the Conga Room, 5364 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 10 p.m. $25 and $55. (323) 938-1696. Also Friday.

8 pm: Dance

If it’s bodies you want, Joe Goode’s got ‘em. Bodies with that special something, like “The Transparent Body,” the newest entry in a Joe Goode Performance Group series about the corpus delectable. Presented cabaret style, it looks at all the bodies hidden inside what we think of as our physical reality. And then there’s “What the Body Knows,” a series of vignettes about all the decisions we never make with our minds alone. For those unfamiliar with Goode’s, um, body of work, he’s an award-winning, Bay Area-based choreographer and performer who started his six-member company 15 years ago and likes to mix his dancing with spoken commentary, songs and full-bodied humor.* Joe Goode Performance Group, Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Thursday and Friday, 8 p.m. $30 to $35. (949) 854-4646.

8 pm: Theater

“Perfect,” Mark Kassen’s new seriocomic, multimedia play about a couple who scientifically engineer the sex of their first child, features Judy Greer (“What Women Want”), Richard Kind (“Spin City”) and Kassen himself.* “Perfect,” Tiffany Theater, 8532 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, Thursdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends Nov. 11. $25. (310) 289-2999.

Freebies

* “Indigenous People’s Day” at Cal State L.A. features screenings of “The Couple in the Cage” and “Columbus on Trial,” and a discussion with Richard T. Rodriguez, assistant professor of Chicano Studies, Maxwell Theatre, University-Student Union, 5151 State University Drive, L.A., noon, 6 p.m. (323) 343-5001.

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* Robert Beltran, who played Commander Chakotay on “Star Trek: Voyager,” and cinematographer-director Haskell Wexler will be honored by the Cal State Northridge Chicano/Latino Film & TV Club. Performing Arts Center, CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, 7 p.m. (818) 677-4890.