Today’s Best Bets

Television

Luther Vandross will be honored for career achievement at the 13th annual Soul Train Music Awards, unfolding at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The telecast will feature performances by Lauryn Hill, Whitney Houston and R. Kelly and will be hosted by Brian McKnight and Tyra Banks.

* Soul Train Music Awards, 8 p.m. KTLA-TV.

Music

Jon Bailey conducts the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles in music by Wagner, Faure, Sondheim, Porter and others.

* Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. (323) 650-0756. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

Jazz

Sheila E., former bandleader on Magic Johnson’s short-lived chat show, steps into the limelight and lets her Latin pop dance rhythms do the talking.

* Sheila E., 9:30 and 11:30 p.m., La Ve Lee, 12514 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. (818) 980-8158. Also Saturday at 9:30 and 11:30 p.m.

Dance

The six-member Taylor 2 company dances Paul Taylor’s “Airs,” “Runes” and “Company B.”* Taylor 2, 8 p.m. Keck Theater, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock. (323) 259-2922.