Enjoy a Modern Jazz Master in Watchung

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon. Your tweens take tap on Wednesday evening. It’s your time. Take it.

Each week, we’ll tell you about one great idea to give you a much deserved break, and make your life a little easier, maybe a whole lot easier.

This week, up your cultural intake with an evening of inventive music, courtesy of Watchung-native Kenny Werner and the Watchung Arts Center.

Werner's book on jazz performance "Effortless Mastery–Liberating the Musician Within" has become a staple of teaching beyond his own department at NYU. He was the recipient of a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award for Music Composition for his work, “No Beginning, No End.”

All in all, Werner is recognized as one of modern jazz's most innovative pianists—Quincy Jones called his performance "Perfection," with "360 degrees of soul and science."

So what does Quincy Jones know? You decide: head to the WAC at 8 p.m. Saturday and find out what's behind the buzz. Tickets are $18 in advance, and $22 at the door—order yours online to save and be sure to get a good seat.