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“It’s the group sound that’s important, even when you’re playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That’s jazz.” -
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Kenny Werner Trio 5 Nights at the Jazz Bakery |
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Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor
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Thursday, 07 September 2006 |
One of the idiom's most lyrical interpreters and composers, pianist Kenny Werner brings his trio to the Jazz
Bakery in Los Angeles for a five night stand, September 27-
October 1. He will be joined by long-time collaborators Johannes Wiedenmueller on bass and Ari Honig on drums. As a special bonus, on September 28th from 6:00 - 7:15 PM, Werner
will present a lecture on his famed "Effortless Mastery" with a question and
answer session, also at the Jazz Bakery.
A child prodigy, Kenny Werner was born in Brooklyn and joined a children's song and
dance group at age four. At age 11, he recorded a single with a
fifteen-piece orchestra and played stride piano on television. Still in
high school, he studied at the Manhattan School of Music, later
becoming a classical piano major. His interest in improvisation led him
to the jazz program at the Berklee School of Music. He began recording
in the late 1970s, appearing on Charles Mingus' "Something Like a
Bird." In the 1980s, Werner toured with Archie Shepp and the Mel Lewis
Orchestra, worked in duo formats with Rufus Reid, Ray Drummond, and
Jaki Byard, and performed solo concerns in Europe and New York. Over
the years, Kenny Werner has performed and/or recorded with such
luminaries as Bob Brookmeyer, Ron Carter, Joe Williams, Chico Freeman,
Sonny Fortune, Peter Erskine, John Abercrombie, Bobby McFerrin, Lee
Konitz, Billy Hart, Marian McPartland, Joe Henderson, Tom Harrell,
Gunther Schuller, Ed Blackwell, Paul Motian, John Scofield, Jack
DeJohnette, Eddie Gomez, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, Chris Potter, and
Joe Lovano.
 Kenny Werner © William Claxton
Kenny Werner is one of the most active educators in jazz today. He
joined the faculty of the New School's jazz department in New York City
in 1987, and gives clinics at many universities in the United States
and abroad, as well as conducting private lessons. Now on the faculty
of New York University, Werner has published many articles and books on
music theory and performance. These days, in addition to teaching, he
often plays in duet with Toots Thielemans and performs his own music,
mostly with his current trio (Ari Hoenig on drums and German bassist
Johannes Weidenmueller on bass) or with jazz orchestra and other large
ensembles.
 Kenny Werner Trio
Despite a list of acclaimed studio recordings, the success of Form
& Fantasy (Double Time Records, 2001) and Beat Degeneration
(Sunnyside, 2002), both culled from a live trio date from The Sunset
Cafe in Paris, led Werner to decide "never to record a trio in
the studio again. It just doesn't tell the story of the kind of great
things that happen spontaneously on the bandstand when we have the
resonance of people listening and watching." True to his word thus far,
Werner and his trio released Peace on Half Note (2004), recorded live
at the Blue Note in New York. Wrote critic Bill Milkowski in his liner
notes, "they've raised the bar with music that transcends notes, and
communicates with passion, elegance, and love. It's the sound of three
souls flowing to the same muse."
Don't miss one of the most empathetic trios of modern jazz! Catch the Kenny Werner Trio at the Jazz Bakery.
For more information visit
www.kennywerner.com
and www.jazzbakery.com
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