Jenny Scheinman with Tony Scherr

To paraphrase Karl Marx, “All that is Frisellian melts into air.” When we consider the influence of meta-guru guitarist Bill Frisell, whose music has evolved into a blissfully ambient Americana, it feels almost precipitative. It’s everywhere. Like the weather.

Two of the composer’s favored bandmates come to town—opening for reunited Texas legends the Flatlanders—to show how pervasive that signature sound is, while offering their own elaborations on personal style. Jenny Scheinman has steadily become one of New York’s most in-demand violinists, venturing beyond the jazz scene to record with Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams and Marta Topferova, among other singer-songwriters. On her own, she’s cultivated a free-ranging repertoire broad enough to include abstract miniatures (see her beguiling Cryptogrammophone release 12 Songs) and evocations of Gershwin.

Scheinman’s weekly residency with bassist Tony Scherr at Manhattan’s Marion’s Marquee Lounge has seeded a new duo project, which not only shows off the piercing and lyrical flow of her violin but introduces a new element: her voice, a friendly and pure instrument that she invests with honesty and a childlike affection for her material. And her playlist is choice: Jimmy Reed’s “Shame, Shame, Shame,” Williams’s “King of Hearts” and Willie Nelson’s “Hands on the Wheel,” among various originals. It doesn’t hurt that the well-traveled Scherr, who will accompany Scheinman on electric guitar and vocals, has played alongside Ol’ Willie, and brings along his own satchel of sounds, previewing his forthcoming album Twist in the Wind.—Steve Dollar