Kenny Werner - Effortless MasteryPlaying music should be as simple and natural as drawing a breath, yet most musicians are hindered by self consciousness, apprehension, self doubt, and stress. Before we can truly express our inner self, we must first learn to be at peace and overcome the distractions that can make performance difficult. Kenny's remarkable work deals directly with these hindrances, and presents ways to let our natural creative powers flow freely with minimal stress

musical concept that features a pure tone and singing phrases

who returns to his upper-middle-class childhood home

To accompany the release

overlapping triads glowing with a resigned majesty until they support a slowly ascending line leading to an ecstatic climax that caps off it's 32-minute journey

Kylie says

This new studio recording contains three works for piano and orchestra that virtuoso pianist Orion Weiss and conductor Leon Botstein first performed in concert at the Bard Music Festival

"The music on this album is a tribute to the flow of rhythm as melody and pulsation

percussion and field recordings into a hushed

as the composer put it

First appearing in 1973

who goes on the run after witnessing brutality by corrupt police

and causing her to think about the kind of things she'd rather not think about… which is why