{"title":"Kenny Werner","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenny Werner is a world-class pianist and composer. His prolific output of compositions, recordings and publications continue to impact audiences around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenny was recently awarded the 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award for his seminal work, No Beginning No End. No Beginning No End is a musical journey exploring tragedy and loss, death and transition, and the path from one lifetime to the next. Utilizing over 70 musicians, Kenny’s third album for Half Note Records is an expansive composition featuring Joe Lovano, Judy Silvano, Wind Ensemble, Choir and String Quartet.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in Brooklyn, NY on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Kenny began playing and performing at a young age, first recording on television at the age of 11. Although he studied classical piano as a child, he enjoyed playing anything he heard on the radio. In high school and his first years of college he attended the Manhattan School of Music as a classical piano major.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kennywerner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-globe fa-3x\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kennywernermusic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-facebook-square fa-3x\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"me-myself-i-1","title":"Me, Myself \u0026 I","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"On June 28th and 29th, 2011 I did two nights at the jazz club Upstairs Jazz Bar \u0026amp; Grill for the Montreal Jazz Festival. I don't usually have a great time playing solo. I'm one who really likes to react to the other musicians. So in playing solo there's no one to react to. But these nights the ideas just kept flowing. I was feeling so good playing that I mentioned to the owner of the club, Joel Giberovitch that I was curious as to what the recording sounded like. I said that if the music was as good as I felt it might be that I would be open to a releasing a CD of the best of those nights. Joel wasted no time in contacting Jim West at Justin Time Records. Jim actually heard the music before I did and said he wanted to release it. I was excited, but at the same time I wanted to be sure that I really did like the results.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne nice surprise was how good the recording came out. John Klepko, the recording engineer did a sensational job. The piano sounded bigger and better than it did, although the piano is an excellent club piano. But John's recording definitely gave it more of a concert sound.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy second surprise was that some of the tunes just might be the best piano playing I have done on record. And I mean from all aspects, creativity, flow, etc.  So we have a happy confluence of elements here. A well oiled pianist, an exceptional engineer, a club owner who really loves the music and a record producer who also gives it up for the music. Put that all together and hopefully you have one of my best offerings. I hope you all agree.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the liner notes by Kenny Werner\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kenny Werner","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39516263121056,"sku":"0068944024858","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39516289564832,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/0e0d8138-5cdb-4786-a8c6-d6e8fe23c3f211201983704751659605-LARGE_90723456-b940-4378-b950-74fc7466f9b7.jpg?v=1616167179"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/collections\/picArtist383.jpg?v=1616161842","url":"https:\/\/justin-time-records.myshopify.com\/collections\/kenny-werner.oembed","provider":"Justin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}