[ jazz/world ]

This weekend the Art After 5 crowd at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will discover what the privileged children of Manhattan already know: Clarinetist/saxophonist/composer Oran Etkin is a whiz at world music and post-Bop jazz. The Manu Dibango of the Upper East Side runs a music education program called Timbalooloo, which counts among its student bodies the offspring of Harvey Keitel, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber and Ken Burns. But from the sound of his recordings Wake Up Clarinet! and Kelenia, Etkin is more than just a cool teacher. The Israeli-born woodwind master has gigged with the diverse likes of Wyclef Jean, Mike Stern and Toumani Diabaté. That adaptability probably comes from Etkin's dense but lilting tone with arrangements and rhythms concentrating on the melodies of Mali, New Orleans, the Sudan, downtown New York City and traditional Jewish music. If it's good enough for the Bad Lieutenant's kids, it's good enough for you punks.

Fri., July 8, 5:45 and 7:15 p.m., free with museum admission of $16, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.