JAZZ IN PINK

From “Autumn in New York” to Wayne Shorter’s (R.I.P.) “Fall,” the Women in Jazz Association’s cozy evening at the velvet-wrapped Cactus Cafe last weekend set the season. The concert kicked off a big November with the group’s first-ever Austin Women in Jazz Festival, continuing this Saturday at Millennium – including soul-and-R&B-infused Jazz in Pink, singer/saxophonist Grace Kelly, and nonprofit founder Pamela Hart. Tickets start at $40. An ensemble of women players among the org, which has been wrangling local lineups since 1994, precedes at the Elephant Room on Friday for $7 admission. – Rachel Rascoe