Kenny Werner
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz pianist, composer, and author
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Becoming the Instrument
- Zahmetsiz Ustalik - Icimizdeki Usta Müzisyeni Özgür Birakmak
- Jamey Aebersold Jazz -- Free Play, Vol 104
- Effortless Mastery - 20th Anniversary Edition
- Effortless Mastery
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951-11-19
jazzjazz and bluespost-bop
Discography
- The Piano Music Of Bix Beiderbecke - Duke Ellington - George Gershwin - James P. Johnson1978
- Beyond the Forest of Mirkwood1980
- Introducing the Trio1989
- Uncovered Heart1990
- Meditations1993
- Copenhagen Calypso1994
- Effortless Mastery1996
- Concord Duo Series, Volume Ten1996
- Unprotected Music1998
- Beauty Secrets1999
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- Listeners
- 11,514
- Total plays
- 72,063
Tags
jazzpianomodern jazzjazz pianoinstrumental
Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist. Kenny Werner was born on November 19, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. At the age of 11, he recorded a single with a fifteen-piece orchestra and appeared on television playing stride piano. He attended the Manhattan School of Music as a concert piano major. In 1970, he transferred to the Berklee School of Music. Kenny's first band consisted of drummer Gary Berkowitz and bassist Alex Peglise. They called themselves: The Kenny
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Manhattan School of Music
- Employer
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- kennywerner.com
- Image
- Kenny Werner.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1951-01-01
- Commons category
- Kenny Werner
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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