Jazz Faculty: Kenny Werner
| Kenny Werner Jazz Piano and Composition Faculty |
NYU Jazz piano and composition faculty member Kenny Werner was born in Brooklyn, NY and introduced to music and performing at the age of four when he joined a children’s song and dance group. At the age of eleven, he recorded a single with a fifteen-piece orchestra and appeared on television playing stride piano. In 1970, he began to find his own creative direction when he met his piano teacher, Madame Chaloff.
Kenny has performed with jazz greats Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Rufus Reid, Jaki Byard, Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Ron Carter, Joe Williams, Sonny Fortune, Peter Erskine, John Abercrombie, Bobby McFerrin, Lee Konitz, Marian McPartland, Joe Henderson, Tom Harrell, Gunther Schuller, Ed Blackwell, Paul Motian, (NYU jazz faculty member) John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, (NYU jazz faculty member) Eddie Gomez, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, Toots Thielemans and Joe Lovano. He has also served as pianist, arranger and musical director for the noted film, television and Broadway star, Betty Buckley.
Kenny's book, Effortless Master- Liberating the Musician Within, has placed him in great demand as a clinician and teacher worldwide.
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