POOLING THEIR TALENTS

Barclay Martin Ensemble’s new album is called Pools That Swell With the Rain. Appropriately, water is also the theme of the band’s 8 p.m. CD-release event at the Folly Theater (300 West 12th Street, 816-474-4444). The evening features a visual spectacle by performance group Quixotic Fusion. Martin’s socially conscious jazz-folk-rock group — which includes Giuliano Mingucci, Rick Willoughby and 2010 Pitch Music Award winner Mark Lowrey — is donating a portion of album proceeds to water.org, a Kansas City-based nonprofit that provides access to safe water and sanitation for communities in developing countries. Attendees of the concert can do even more. Admission runs from $12 to $95; the higher price brings box seats with amenities: champagne service, a signed CD, and entry to a preconcert reception at the Wishing Well. Plus, going big brings one person clean water for life in the Kyuso District of Kenya. Order tickets online at barclaymartin.com.— Robert Folsom

Fri., Sept. 24, 2010