The Love Connection is a 1979 album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard. It was originally released on the Columbia label and features performances by Hubbard.

A selective listing by critics of The Times of noteworthy pop and jazz concerts in the New York metropolitan region this weekend. * denotes a highly recommended concert. * RYAN ADAMS; SHIVAREE; KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Housing Works Used Books Cafe, 126 Crosby Street, below Houston Street, SoHo, (212) 334-3324.

This bookstore starts an acoustic-music series with what's bound to be a packed benefit concert, bringing together the sometimes lovelorn, sometimes irascible roots-rock songs of Ryan Adams, the jazz-tinged girlish whispers of Shivaree and the country-flavored songs of Kathleen Edwards. Tonight at 7:30; tickets are $20; sold out but returns may be available (Jon Pareles). Ghostreader 1 6 5k Marathon there. * SEAMUS BLAKE GROUP, Fat Cat, 75 Christopher Street, West Village, (212) 675-6056. Blake, whose playing is informed by Joe Lovano, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, among others, is a first-rate improviser and a shrewd bandleader, as he has proved on records with his straight jazz groups and his jazz-rock group, the Bloomdaddies. He also proved it at the Thelonious Monk competition in Washington last February, walking away with first prize. Tonight and tomorrow starting at 10; call for cover charge (Ben Ratliff). * BOBBY (BLUE) BLAND; CODY CHESNUTT, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Opera House, 30 Lafayette Avenue, at Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, (718) 636-4100.

Two generations of rhythm-and-blues flirtation share this bill. Bobby (Blue) Bland's voice is a cornerstone of Memphis soul singing. In tones that are velvety, humble and long-suffering, he begs for affection with suave melancholy. Cody Chesnutt slings a rock guitar, and he has lust and baby-making on his mind.

Tomorrow night at 7:30; tickets are $20 and $25 (Pareles). CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET, Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121. With the pianist Kenny Barron, the vibraphonist Stefon Harris, the bassist Rufus Reid and the drummer Lewis Nash, you're going to get high-quality playing, but the material here will be new, as they've recently recorded together playing Bach and Tchaikovsky. Tonight through Sunday night at 8 and 10, with an 11:30 set tonight and tomorrow; cover charge is $27.50 (Ratliff). MATTIE AND DEIRDRE CONNOLLY, Blarney Star, 43 Murray Street, Lower Manhattan, (212) 732-2873. Traditional Irish music from the duo of Mattie Connolly on uilleann pipes and his daughter Deirdre, who sings and plays the flute and tin whistle; she's a former member of the group Cherish the Ladies.

Tonight at 9 and 10:30 p.m. Admission for both set, $12 (Pareles). * DMG ALL-STAR GUITAR BENEFIT AND CELEBRATION, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7503. A gaggle of avant-garde guitarists gather in honor of Downtown Music Gallery, a record shop that is moving from East Fifth Street to the Bowery. Download Spore Galactic Adventures Pc on this page.

The shop is popular enough to attract an impressive lineup of musicians: Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Jim O'Rourke (collectively, 60 percent of Sonic Youth) are scheduled to appear, as well as Elliott Sharp, Loren MazzaCane Connors, Alan Licht and many others. But apparently it's not so popular that it can't use some extra cash. Tonight at 8; admission is $20 (Kelefa Sanneh).