Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

pianist, composer, and author.

Early life

Born in

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, on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in

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, Werner began playing and performing at a young age, first appearing on television at the age of 11. Although he studied classical piano as a child, he enjoyed playing anything he heard on the radio and improvisation was his true calling. In high school and his first years of college he attended the

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...

as a classical piano major. His aptitude for

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led him to the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

in 1970, where he met and studied with his first piano/spiritual teacher, Madame Chaloff. From Boston, Werner traveled to Brazil with the saxophonist Victor Assis Brasil. There he met Assis's twin brother, Brazilian pianist Joao Assis Brasil. His studies with Joao and Madame Chaloff would lead to the writing of the book '' Effortless Mastery''.

Later life and career

Werner started his own trio in 1981 with drummer

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and bassist Ratzo Harris. The Kenny Werner Trio matured for fourteen years, touring in America and Europe and recording four albums along the way. In the 1980s, he became the pianist for

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(now known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra). Challenged by Lewis and

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to write for the band, he produced his first compositions and arrangements for jazz orchestra, consequently leading him to write for the bands in Europe including the Cologne, Danish, and Stockholm Jazz Orchestras, the Umo Jazz Orchestra of Finland and several times as the guest composer and soloist with the

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of Holland. Since then Werner has had commissions to write for large ensembles such as jazz orchestras, full orchestras and most in 2007, wind ensemble, choir and string quartet as featured on his album ''No Beginning, No End'' (2009). Werner continued to play duo with

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for seventeen years. They recorded an album together and Werner received a Grammy nomination for his composition, "Inspiration." For twenty years, he was musical director for Broadway star

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. They made six albums together and she has sung his arrangements for small bands and orchestras. He and

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have recorded and collaborated on each other's projects for over 40 years. During the 1990s, Werner made three award-winning albums: ''

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'', ''Concord Duo Series, Vol. 10'', and ''Live at Visiones''. In 2000, Werner formed a trio with

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on drums and

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on bass, with Werner acting as composer, arranger, and pianist. In 2007, he released his first album for

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, ''Lawn Chair Society'', featuring Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Scott Colley, and

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. Werner was awarded a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

for the album ''No Beginning No End'' (Half Note, 2010), which explored tragedy and loss, death and transition, and the path from one lifetime to the next. The album featured

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, and over seventy musicians. In 1996, Werner wrote a book about the psychological aspects of music in ''Effortless Mastery – Liberating the Master Musician Within.'' He lectured to support the book.

Awards

* Grants, National Endowment for the Arts, 1985, '87, '93, '95 * Guggenheim Fellowship, 2010 * Distinguished Artist Award for Composition, New Jersey Council of the Arts, "Kandinsky"

Discography

As leader

* ''The Piano Music of Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, James P. Johnson'' (Finnadar, 1978) * ''Beyond the Forest of Mirkwood'' (Enja, 1980) * ''Introducing the Trio'' (Sunnyside, 1989) * ''Uncovered Heart'' (Sunnyside, 1990) * ''Sail Away'' with Tom Harrell (Musidisc, 1991) * ''Press Enter'' (Sunnyside, 1992) * ''Meditations'' (SteepleChase, 1993) * ''Gu-Ru'' (TCB, 1994) * ''At Maybeck'' (Concord, 1994) * ''Paintings'' (Pioneer, 1994) * ''Live at Visiones'' (Concord Jazz, 1995) * ''Chris Potter/Kenny Werner'' (Concord Jazz, 1996) * ''A Delicate Balance'' (RCA Victor, 1997) * ''Remembrance'' (SYDA, 1998) * ''Unprotected Music'' (Double-Time, 1998) * ''Beauty Secrets'' (RCA/BMG, 1999) * ''Hope'' with Dave Schroeder (Laurel Tree, 2000) * ''Heart to Heart'' with Betty Buckley (KO, 2000) * ''Old Friends'' (Laurel Tree, 2000) * ''Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner'' (Verve/North Sea, 2001) * ''Form and Fantasy'' (Double-Time, 2001) * ''Celebration'' with

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(Stunt, 2001) * ''Beat Degeneration Vol. 2'' (Night Bird Music, 2002) * ''Naked in the Cosmos'' (Jazz 'n' Pulz, 2002) * ''Unleemited'' with

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(Sunnyside/Owl, 2001) * ''Tchat'' with Remi Bolduc (Justin Time, 2003) * ''Peace'' (Half Note, 2004) * ''Democracy'' (Half Note, 2006) * ''Lawn Chair Society'' (Blue Note, 2007) * ''Delirium Blues Project'' with Roseanne Vitro (Half Note, 2008) * ''Play Ballads'' (Stunt, 2008) * ''With a Song in My Heart'' (Venus, 2008) * ''Walden'' (Cowbell Music, 2009) * ''New York Love Songs'' (OutNote, 2010) * ''No Beginning No End'' (Half Note, 2010) * ''Institute of Higher Learning'' (Half Note, 2011) * ''Balloons'' (Half Note, 2011) * ''Me, Myself & I'' (Justin Time, 2012) * ''Breaking Borders #1'' (Cowbell Music, 2012) * ''Collaboration'' with Hein Van de Geyn, Hans Van Oosterhout (Challenge, 2013) * ''Coalition'' (Half Note, 2014) * ''Poesia'' with Joyce Moreno (Pirouet, 2015) * ''The Melody'' (Pirouet, 2015) * ''Animal Crackers'' (Pirouet, 2017) * ''The Space'' (Pirouet, 2018) * ''Solo in Stuttgart'' (SWR, 2019) * ''Church On Mars'' (Newvelle, 2019) * ''Somewhere'' with Peter Eldridge (Rosebud Music, 2019)

As sideman

With

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* ''20 Years at the Village Vanguard'' (Atlantic, 1986) * ''Soft Lights and Hot Music'' (Musicmasters, 1988) * ''The Definitive Thad Jones'' (Musicmasters, 1989) * ''The Definitive Thad Jones Volume 2'' (Musicmasters, 1990) * ''To You: A Tribute to Mel Lewis'' (Musicmasters, 1991) With

* '' Tones, Shapes & Colors'' (Soul Note, 1986) * '' Village Rhythm'' (Soul Note, 1989) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1991) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1993) * '' Celebrating Sinatra'' (Blue Note, 1997) With

Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...

* ''I Know About the Life'' (Sackville, 1981) * ''

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'' (Enja, 1982) * ''Down Home New York'' (Soul Note, 1984) * ''The Good Life'' (Varrick, 1984) With others *

Rez Abbasi Rez Abbasi (born August 27, 1965) is a Pakistan-born American jazz guitarist, composer, and record producer based in New York City. Biography Abbasi was born in Karachi, Pakistan. When he was four, his family moved to Los Angeles, and at eleven h ...

, ''Third Ear'' (Cathexis, 1995) * Harry Allen, ''I Love Mancini'' (BMG/Novus, 2002) *

Jamie Baum Jamie Baum is an American jazz flautist. Career Baum grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut in a musical family. Her mother studied piano and trombone at Juilliard and her parents often took her to New York City for jazz concerts. Baum attended New ...

, ''Sight Unheard'' (GM, 1996) *

Alan Baylock Alan Baylock is an composer, arranger, educator, bandleader, clinician, instrumentalist, and the former leader of the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra. He was also the Jazz Composer-in-Residence at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia, from ...

, ''Two Seconds to Midnight'' (Sea Breeze, 2003) *

Jane Ira Bloom Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer. Early years Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophon ...

, ''

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'' (Arabesque, 1992) *

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, ''The Open Road'' (Double-Time, 1996) *

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on Nov ...

, ''Randy Pop!'' (Piloo, 2015) *

, ''With One Look'' (Sterling, 1994) * Betty Buckley, ''Stars and the Moon'' (Concord, 2001) * Scott Colley, ''Portable Universe'' (Free Lance, 1996) * Duduka Da Fonseca, ''Samba Jazz Fantasia'' (Art Music, 2002) * Santi Debriano, ''Soldiers of Fortune'' (Free Lance, 1990) *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...

, ''Sweet Soul'' (Novus/RCA 1991) * Peter Erskine, ''Behind Closed Doors Vol. 1'' (Fuzzy Music, 1998) *

Robin Eubanks Robin Eubanks (born October 25, 1955) is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks. His uncles are jazz pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Tommy Bryant. His mother, Vera Eub ...

, ''Karma'' (JMT, 1991) *

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, ''Tangents'' (Elektra Musician, 1984) *

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, ''Moodiology'' (NYC, 1999) * George Garzone, ''Night of My Beloved'' (Venus, 2008) *

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, ''Names'' (Ananda, 1983) *

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, ''Labyrinth'' (RCA Victor, 1996) *

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, ''Algorithms'' (Minor Music, 1986) *

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, ''And I'll Sing Once More'' (Novus, 1992) * Joyce Moreno, ''Music Inside'' (Verve Forecast, 1990) * Joyce Moreno, ''Language and Love'' (Verve, 1991) * Gary Keller, ''Blues for an Old New Age'' (Double-Time, 1999) *

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, ''(Blue Note, Sessions'' (Blue Note, 2006) *

, ''

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'' (Soul Note, 1992) *

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, ''Everything Is Subject to Change'' (Cowbell Music, 2012) * Anders Koppel, ''Past Present Future'' (Cowbell Music, 2017) *

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many son ...

, ''Legrand'' (Nougaro Capitol/Blue Note, 2005) *

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, ''Fire'' (Jazzline, 2018) * Joe Locke, ''Present Tense'' (Steeplechase, 1990) *

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, ''One World'' (Consolidated Artists, 2002) *

Vince Mendoza Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor, and six-time Grammy Award winner. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Kö ...

, ''Nights On Earth Art of Groove'' (MIG, 2011) *

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

, ''Something Like a Bird'' (Atlantic, 1980) * Ferenc Nemeth, ''Triumph'' (Dreamers Collective, 2012) *

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, ''Ed Neumeister Quintet'' (Timescraper, 1997) *

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, ''Straight Up'' (Free Lance, 1993) * Judy Niemack, ''...Night and the Music'' (Free Lance, 1997) *

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, ''Round'' (W.E.R.F., 2000) *

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, ''Comin' and Goin'' ' (Europa, 1983) *

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, ''Forgotten Dreams'' (A Records, 1994) * Dave Pietro, ''Wind Dance'' (A Records, 1998) * Chris Potter, ''

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'' (Concord, 1994) * Chris Potter, '' Concord Duo Series Volume Ten'' (

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, 1994) * Mike Richmond, ''New Blues'' (Nuba/Karonte, 1993) *

, ''The Riel Deal'' (Stunt, 1995) * Alex Riel, ''Rielatin'' (Stunt, 2000) *

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, ''Portraits in Silver'' (Concord Jazz, 1995) *

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, ''S'Posin' '' (Jazz Heritage, 1991) *

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, ''Evanescence'' (Enja, 1994) *

, ''Dancing Voices'' (JSL, 1992) *

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, ''Nights of Key Largo'' (Venus, 2008) *

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, ''Global Village'' (GRP, 1992) *

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, ''Between Heaven & Earth'' (Shanachie, 1997) *

, ''The Live Takes Vol. 1'' (Narada, 2000) * Toots Thielemans, ''One More for the Road'' (Verve, 2006) *

Roseanna Vitro Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas. Biography Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...

, ''Passion Dance'' (Telarc, 1996) * Roseanna Vitro, ''Catchin' Some Rays'' (Telarc, 1997) *

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, ''New York Conversations'' (Mons, 1994)

Bibliography

* "Channeling Music", ''Organica'', Spring, 1988 * "Play for the Right Reasons", ''Organica'', Winter 1990 * "Hostile Triads – The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop", April–May 1991 * ''Effortless Mastery'', Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Inc., 1996 * "Zen and the Art of Jazz", ''Down Beat'', 2015 (four-article series)

References

External links

Official site
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