EDDIE PALMIERI

One of the great pianists of Latin jazz, Eddie Palmieri has assembled La Perfecta II, a tribute band and successor of sorts to La Perfecta, a forward-looking Latin jazz group co-founded by Palmieri in 1961. Along with a hefty percussion section, La Perfecta II features the fabulous flutist Eddy Zervigon. Also Fri-Sat Sept 20-21 at 8 and 10 pm, and Sun Sept 22 at 6:30 and 8:30 pm. Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave, 441-9729, 8 pm, $17.50/$23.50.

LA BOHÈME

Call it the Third Law of Opera: "Thou shalt transpose the setting to another time period." Director Josemaria Condemi's new production of Puccini's La Bohème transports the tale's young lovers into the ferment of late 1960s Paris, when students manned the barricades in the name of love, politics, and life. Sung in Italian with English supertitles; half-price student rush tickets available one hour before the show. Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, 360-753-8586, 7:30 pm, $18.75-$44.

SONICABAL EXTRAVAGANZA

Think of this ever-mutating collective of experimental musicians and instrument builders as the aural equivalent of a Whitman's sampler. While some of these Caballeros regularly perform in other venues around town, the annual Sonicabal show presents infrequently heard combinations of Seattle sound artists including Vance Galloway, Intonarumori, Alex Keller, and Kelli Wise. As with any group collaboration of experimental music, what you hear might delight, stun, offend, inspire, or just leave you scratching your head (or ears). Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave at E Union, 329-4224, 8 pm, $6.

JULIAN PRIESTER

Beloved Cornish professor and jazz trombonist Julian Priester celebrates his first album as a leader in 25 years, In Deep End Dance, with pianist Dawn Clement, Byron Vannoy on drums, and bassist Geoff Harper. Kerry Hall at Cornish College, 710 E Roy, 325-6500, 8 pm, $6/$12.

CLINT KRAUS

One of the challenges in presenting organ music is devising snicker-proof program titles. Clint Kraus, associate organist at St. James Cathedral, offers "A Young Person's Guide to the Organ." For this "lively romp through the history of the organ," Kraus plays organ music from the last millennium on bottles, whistles, and four-pipe organs, as well as a 12th-century organ and Holy Trinity's own swanky pipe organ. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 8501 SE 40th St, Mercer Island, 232-3270, 3 pm, $10.

SIL2K ENSEMBLE

An outsized aggregation of rock, classical, jazz, and experimental musicians, SIL2K uses game rules, computers, graphs, and hand gestures to integrate music, video, and movement. This "Night of Musical Games" includes Stuart McLeod's Alchemy, which trades and develops music between musicians, computers, and the audience, as well as James Drage's Grideo, a piece for video mixers using game rules for artistic ends. Notable (or perhaps sacrilegious) is a retooled version of Oblique Strategies, a creative mechanism devised by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt for overcoming artistic roadblocks. Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave N, 860-5245, 7:30 pm, $5.