Kenny Werner - BECOMING THE INSTRUMENT

World renowned, American Jazz pianist, Kenny Werner has performed with among the greats: Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Buckley, Charles Mingus, Lou Rawls and also Toots Thielemans, who would have turned 100 years-old come this April – Kenny will be part of international events in honor and celebration. Artistic director of the Effortless Mastery Institute at Berklee College of Music, Kenny has created a new book that mixes his philosophical, spiritual perspective with his mastery of Jazz – to create a life map – allowing you to clean-out all life’s baggage and pull out the best within you – stripped down to be as authentic as possible – to lift your performance in all aspects of your life to the highest level – fearless, strong, forgiving and unbound BECOMING THE INSTRUMENT: Lessons on Self-Mastery from Music to Life. A master of music and artistry – Kenny’s creativity seeps through his every pore – creating his own artistic way – mixing Jazz, his inner spiritual perspective and bits of humor – to create unforgettable spellbinding, soul searching performances – https://kennywerner.com/media/videos FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Meryl Moss Media Group; Tracy Goldblatt | [email protected] | 203.292.8152 “Perfection, 360 degrees of soul and science in one human being. My kind of musician.” — Quincy Jones “I wanted to find my own personal voice as a jazz artist. Kenny and Effortless Mastery were the keys for me. His book is tremendous.” — Herb Alpert BECOMING THE INSTRUMENT Lessons on Self-Mastery from Music to Life By Kenny “Krishna” Werner When we hear music, we often experience how the physical flirts with the spiritual in profound and moving ways. But what we don’t realize is that this confluence is possible not just in music, but in life, and it’s easier than you think, says the founder and musical director of the Effortless Mastery Institute at the Berklee College of Music Kenny Werner in his new book, BECOMING THE INSTRUMENT: Lessons on Self-Mastery from Music to Life (Sweet Lo Press; January 2022). Packed with profound insights and uplifting anecdotes from his 40 years of studying, performing and teaching music, BECOMING THE INSTRUMENT follows his landmark book, Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, with a guide for accessing the spiritual in our everyday existence and applying it to the pursuits we love. Werner shows us how musicians, artists or even business people can allow their “master creator” within to lift their performance to its highest level, showing us how to be spontaneous, fearless, joyful and disciplined in our work and in our life. Whatever you are trying to master, Werner says the key is learning how to slip into The Space, the place beyond the conscious mind that allows us to effortlessly embody whatever we are doing. Entering this sort of flow state may seem esoteric and difficult to achieve, but Werner has easy exercises that will allow you to access this and achieve mastery. As Werner points out: “Mastery is not perfection, or even virtuosity. It is giving oneself love, forgiving one’s mistakes, and not allowing earthly evidence to diminish one’s view of one’s self as a drop in the Ocean of Perfection,” Werner says. “And here is the good news: You don’t have to be a musician to have the experience!”