FANWOOD — The Fanwood Performance Series presents an evening of jazz with the Ted Brancato Trio andAlejandroAtaucusi onApril 13 at the newly refurbished Kuran Cultural Arts Center (a.k.a. the Carriage House), next to Fanwood Borough Hall.
Brancato is a pianist with four decades of experience composing, arranging, performing and recording music, and has worked with such artists as Ron Carter, Paquito D’Rivera and the late Milt Jackson. Ataucusi, a member of Afro-Peruvian jazz band Forbidden Tropics, will open the show performing his original compositions and arrangements on guitar, charango and hatun charango.
Showtime is 7 p.m. at the Carriage House, on Watson Road just west of Martine Avenue. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors – cash at the door. Reservations are strongly recommended and can be made by emailing fanwoodperformance@gmail.com.
Coming up May 11 is an evening with The Empty Pockets. The band will be taking a break from a national tour backing Al Stewart to bring its own special mixture of Americana, folk, rock and soul to the Carriage House stage. The spring season will conclude June 8 with an evening of singer-songwriter-guitarists – Ryan Harris Brown and Nicola Vazquez.
The Fanwood Performance Series is a presentation of Mayor Colleen Mahr and the Fanwood Borough Cultural Arts Council. It is made possible in part by a HEART (History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands) Grant from the Union County Board of County Commissioners.
Music fans can find more information and updates at the series website (https:// fanwoodperformanceseries.org) and on its Facebook page (https:// w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / FanwoodPerformanceSeries).
