Around the Twin Cities, you can hear live jazz in bars, clubs, cafés, concert halls, coffee shops, restaurants, churches and, increasingly, art galleries.

Latest on the list of galleries: XYandZ on Minnehaha Ave. in the Longfellow neighborhood, which will host the sextet Ingo Bethke and the trio Volcano Insurance tonight.

Stefan Kac, part of Ingo Bethke’s signature horn section, hopes the event will turn into an ongoing collaboration, “one where we’re offered the luxury of performing a ‘concert’ rather than a ‘show,’ and we don’t have to compete with espresso machines, wine glasses and idle banter.”

Not that there’s anything wrong with jazz in a bar, but the expectation is that people will come to listen.

Why this gallery? “I started thinking about something like this last fall,” Kac says. “XYandZ is not far from where I live, and I drive by it almost every day, so I thought, maybe I should just start here. I threw the idea out to Mike Bishop [one of the four people who run the gallery] and he said, ‘Let’s try it and see what happens.’ So this is our experiment.”

XYandZ is fairly spacious, there’s art on the walls (a show called “Sick” by Tonja Torgerson), and there will be chairs. (I only mention this because one can’t always expect chairs. We keep a couple in our car trunk just in case.)

Volcano Insurance is Luke Polipnick on guitar, Chris Bates on bass, and Joey Van Philips on drums, drawing from diverse influences including Ornette Coleman, Bill Frisell, John Coltrane, Bjork, Fat Kid Wednesdays, and Happy Apple. Listen here.

Ingo Bethke is Kac on tuba, Shilad Sen on tenor saxophone, Geoff Senn on trumpet, Steve Gilbertson on piano, Matt Peterson on bass, and Nick Zielinski on drums. They play all original compositions by group members — playful, interesting, imaginative works mixed with free improvisation. Listen here. Copies of their well-received, self-titled debut CD will be available at the show.

Ingo Bethke with Volcano Insurance, XYandZ Gallery,  Wednesday, Feb. 10, 3258 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis, 8 p.m. ($5 cover).

More live jazz in galleries:

Ahmed and the Creators, Friday, Feb. 12, Gallery 13, 811 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis, 8:30 p.m. (no cover). Ahmed on horn, Tony Eaves on drums, Jawneeybee on bass, Michael Horrigan on sax, Micah Fitch on piano and Nick Haas on guitar will play for the opening of “A Woman’s Place” featuring oils by Louisa Greenstock. Gallery 13 is trying to host a “Jazz N’ Jam” night every Saturday starting at 10 p.m. It’s a little loose at this stage, so you might want to call to make sure it’s happening: 651-592-5503.

Ongoing series:

The Tuesday Series @ Art of This Gallery, 3506 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Art of This is the latest home for the Tuesday Night Experimental Music Series, a 10-year-old program of experimental and improvised music. Musician Edward Schneider recently profiled the series for mnartists.org. Read his article here. The series runs every other Tuesday night. FMI, see the new series website, which isn’t quite current but should be soon. Next event: Tuesday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. Adam J. Patterson, B.A.; Ostraka with Graham O’Brien; Ulottuvuus. Tip: Bring chairs.

The iQuit Music Series at the Rogue Buddha Gallery, 357 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis. The third Thursday of each month. Experimental, electro-acoustic, avant garde, electronic genre-bending music by area and visiting artists. I’ve heard some very provocative and engaging music in this series. Visit the series website for details about upcoming shows. (Sometimes my live jazz calendar is more current.) Next event (I think): Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 p.m. No clue yet what it will be.

Improvised Music at Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis. The first Monday of every other month. Curated by musician/composer/multi-instrumentalist Milo Fine, this long-running series explores the notion of making music “ever-moment new.” Read more about the series and the artists here. Next event: Monday, March 8, 7 p.m. Milo Fine, marimba, clarinets; Charles Gillett, guitar; Stefan Kac, tuba; Aerosol Pike.

A few closing comments on jazz in galleries: Expect to pay a small cover or donation. Nobody gets rich on these shows and the musicians often split their take, however miniscule it is, with the gallery owners. Do go to listen; these shows are generally not schmoozefests, though the musicians hang around afterwards to talk when they can, and the people-watching can be interesting. Don’t count on hearing traditional jazz or standards. For the most part, this is experimental/improvised music. And arrive a bit early to check out the art.

Pamela Espeland keeps a Twin Cities live jazz calendar, blogs about jazz at Bebopified and tweets about jazz on Twitter.