I’m excited to return to Bunkers tonight for TWINE, which always brings high-powered improvisation to each of three sets starting at 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

But TWINE has another big show Friday — an album fundraiser show — at The Hook and Ladder Theater’s Under the Canopy stage in South Minneapolis starting at 7 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.). Read below for more on the band’s efforts to release its first LP.

This week’s roundup includes the Cherry Pit Open Jam, Ari Narum Trio, Jazzologists, The Menagerie, Jumpsuit and the Mesabi Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Mambo’s Combo, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, About to Run and Shotgun Ragtime Band.