At last!

Kenny Werner’s new award-winning CD
on the Half Note Label,
No Beginning, No End
is now available at all retail outlets!

Here’s what the Editorial Review at Amazon.com had to say:

OverviewWinner of the 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award.  Kenny Werner’s magnum opus with Woodwinds, Voices & Strings. His deeply personal tribute to daughter Katheryn, a triumphant work of composed and improvised musics.  Classical and Jazz. Performed by nearly 100 musicians.  Highlighted by saxophonist Joe Lovano and vocalist Judi Silvano.  No Beginning, No End is a milestone composition and recording – as much for its creative reach as for the emotional terrain it examines.  “The most important music I’ll ever write,” is how Werner puts it.  A career high point.

Get your copy by clicking on this Amazon link:

and then watch the videos of the making of this landmark recording:

http://www.NoBeginningNoEnd.org

Thank you for being here
as part of our Effortless Mastery Community,
and thank you for supporting the arts
by purchasing a copy of this Guggenheim-award
winning recording.

Kenny Werner
Dr. Andrew Colyer
KennyWernerLive.com
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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New Website Documents Making of New CD Project

by drandrewcolyer on August 12, 2010

in Jazz Community

On Tuesday, August 17, Half Note Records will release Kenny Werner’s largest
and most ambitious project to date – No Beginning, No End – featuring Joe Lovano,
Judi Silvano, a string quartet, percussion ensemble, 40+ woodwinds and a large choir.

The piece is a tribute to Werner’s late daughter Katheryn,
who passed away unexpectedly and tragically in 2006.

The eventual work that became No Beginning, No End was based off a poem
Werner wrote in the aftermath of the tragedy.

The wind ensemble was recorded at NYU Steinhardt’s theater in the summer of 2009.

Dutch filmmaker Søren Jensen was able to document the project on video,
to be released as a full-length documentary project later this year.

To see three trailers that show the making of No Beginning, No End and how it all came together,
please click the link below and visit the new video website:

http://NoBeginningNoEnd.org/

Please leave a comment below!

Thank you.

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Kenny Werner Receives Guggenheim Award for Inspired Musical Work

August 8, 2010

We are pleased to announce that Kenny Werner is a recipient of the 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award for Music Composition.
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those “who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.”
The [...]

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Why It’s Important to Practice Slowly

August 5, 2010

On the Subject of Practicing Slowly

Recently, as I think I mentioned in my last share, I have been working on Anders Koppel’s concerto
for piano and alto saxophone.
Anders’ son Benjamin who is just a marvelous virtuoso saxophonist will play the alto part.
In addition, the use of my recent Guggenheim Fellowship grant (details coming soon!)
will be [...]

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“I’m not in ‘The Space’ Enough” – Kenny Answers Your Effortless Mastery Questions #005

July 16, 2010

[Here's a question that recently came in through email.]
Subject: Effortless Mastery question
Mr. Werner,
I recently read “Effortless Mastery” and have sincerely benefited a great deal
from it. I have been playing guitar and jazz for some time, and for some time I
have been haphazardly drifting in and out of the “space”. I would attribute
these infrequent successes to [...]

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“Thanks for the Music!” – Kenny Answers Your Effortless Mastery Questions #004

June 20, 2010

[Here's a question that recently came in through email.]

“Dear Kenny,
As an aging art teacher, a few years older than yourself, I returned to the saxophone,
which I had studied in high school and played until my 20s before succumbing
to the demons of that age.
At 60 I was losing lung capacity and my doctor was reluctant [...]

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Applying Effortless Mastery to Ear Training – Kenny Answers Your Effortless Mastery Questions #003

June 12, 2010

[Here's a question that recently came in through email.]
“Hey Kenny,

I know from the telewebinars that applying Effortless Mastery to ear training
is not something you have had to deal with, but in trying to incorporate
Effortless Mastery into this kind of practice I have encountered bit of a road block.
An example of what I am practicing [...]

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Kenny’s Health Update

June 4, 2010

For my friends who don’t know, this next share of mine is related to the fact that
on May 19th I had Lap Band Surgery, which is a safe form of weight loss surgery.
I’m doing spiritual practices every morning, and taking good care of myself.
But no carbs!  It’s as if a vail has been lifted [...]

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Why Do You Play Music? – Your Effortless Mastery Reminders #018

May 15, 2010

Why Do You Play Music?
“For people of my tribe, with its rich musical context,
exposure to music beings in the womb,
when pregnant mothers join in the community dances.
From inside the womb, our babies feel the vibrations
of the rhythms enter their bodies.
Infants are then wrapped onto their mothers’ backs
with a cloth and taken into the dancing circle
with [...]

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World Class Quintet at Blue Note NYC

April 11, 2010

Hello, Jazz Friend:
You have the opportunity to see
an AMAZING VERSION of the Kenny Werner Quintet
Live at The Blue Note Jazz Club
in New York City this week . . .
Catch Kenny with a fabulous Quintet
at one of the finest jazz clubs in the world!
Blue Note New York City
KENNY WERNER QUINTET
FEATURING:
Kenny Werner, piano
Randy Brecker, trumpet
David Sanchez, saxophones
John [...]

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