Jazz fest picks for July 7, 2017: Eastern blues paired with local quartet

TOP PICK:
Harry Manx with Quatuor esca (8 p.m., Monument-National, 1182 St. Laurent Blvd., $45.75). Manx adds a new texture to his unmistakable sound by bringing in the Quatuor esca, a Montreal string quartet, to add a stately, haunting beauty to his Eastern-influenced blues. As demonstrated by the Sydney Lyric Quartet on his recent album, Faith Lift, the extra texture works marvellously.ALSO:
Jacob Deraps (7 p.m., Bell Stage, corner of De Montigny and Clark Sts., free). Here’s your chance