all day MoviesJennifer Aniston strays far from...

all day Movies

Jennifer Aniston strays far from the gang at Central Perk with an indie-film star turn as a put-upon Texas wife in the dark comedy “The Good Girl.” Bored with her job at the cosmetics counter at the local Retail Rodeo and fed up with her pothead, house-painter husband, Justine (Aniston) embarks on an initially giddy, clandestine affair with a younger, equally unhappy co-worker, that eventually takes a turn for the obsessive. Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly and Tim Blake Nelson co-star as the men who make her crazy. “Chuck & Buck’s” writer and director, Mike White and Miguel Arteta, respectively, re-team for this wry look at Middle America melancholia.

“The Good Girl,” rated R for sexuality, some language and drug content, opens Friday in selected theaters.

8:30pm Jazz

Two jazz legends arrive in Hollywood this weekend: Jimmy Smith and the Hammond B-3 organ. Smith got his first organ from a loan shark in 1953 and had it shipped to a warehouse in Norristown, Pa., where he and his father worked as plasterers. Smith, who already played piano, claims he stayed in that warehouse six months to a year learning to play his new “beast.” But he emerged with a new sound that would prove to be the standard for jazz organists for years to come.

Jimmy Smith Quartet, Catalina Bar & Grill, 1640 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, today to Saturday, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $18 to $25. (323) 466-2210.

8pm Pop Music

In the beginning there was a vinyl disc spinning on a turntable. Then in the 1970s came scratching--DJs moving a record back and forth on the turntable to create a new sound. This early chapter of hip-hop’s genesis is explored in Doug Pray’s documentary “Scratch,” which screens tonight at Grand Performances’ festival of hip-hop. DJs Haul & Mason, known for their work with the Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra, will do a set after the film. The full Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra will perform its organic beats, spoken word and jazz orchestrations in a live performance Friday.

“Scratch” and DJs Haul & Mason, 8 p.m., California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. Also, Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra, Friday, 8 p.m. Free. (213) 687-2159 or www.grandperformances.org.

8pm Music

The Los Angeles Philharmonic and music director Esa-Pekka Salonen revisit two popular classical works at the Hollywood Bowl tonight: the Second Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich and Beethoven’s Ninth. Vocal soloists are Jessica Jones, Jill Grove and Nathan Berg in their Bowl debuts, and tenor Gordon Gietz. The Los Angeles Master Chorale returns to the Bowl with this concert, as well.

L.A. Philharmonic and L.A. Master Chorale, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, 8 p.m. $1 to $76. (323) 850-2000.