Thurs. April 5

If your mentors are Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea, chances are you might be up to something good. Pianist Hiromi Uehera was mentored by those folks and she's won all kinds of awards for her work, including best jazz act at last year's Boston Music Awards. (She came to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music and here she stays.) On "Time Control," her latest, Uehera throws pop, classical and avant-garde into the jazz stew. Ethos? "I was inspired to write these pieces because my life is so hectic," she says. "I regularly feel jet-lagged and always seem to be in a different time zone. I find myself at airports with more time to think about time and I often wonder, 'Am I controlling time or is time controlling me?" We feel like that most of the time, and we haven't been leaving on many jet planes lately. We get that way flipping channels or surfing the web. We get that way compiling this column, and realizing the vastness and diversity of arts and entertainment options that are here in Boston. But we're straying. We are suggesting you check out Hiromi at 8 or 10:30 p.m. at Scullers Jazz Club Thursday April 5. Tickets: $22.

400 Soldiers Field Rd., 617-562-4117 scullerjazz.com