"Pianist Kenny Werner was another important light at the New School my first year there. In his theory class, he presented an approach to building lines in one’s solos that was all his own. I won’t go into a more specialized technical description of what that was but, suffice to say, I grabbed on to some of the key tenets of Kenny’s method, and they seeped in. In a few years, they had codified into something that was part of my approach. The strength in Kenny’s teaching was that it was specific and open-ended all at once: there were guidelines rooted in foundational principles of harmony, but they could be applicable to any number of soloistic contexts, in real time." (Brad Mehldau, p.194)
Never heard Brad's voice. I've heard all his other voicings before I've ever heard him speak. Deeper voice than I would have imagined for the musical God.
"Pianist Kenny Werner was another important light at the New School my first year there. In his theory class, he presented an approach to building lines in one’s solos that was all his own. I won’t go into a more specialized technical description of what that was but, suffice to say, I grabbed on to some of the key tenets of Kenny’s method, and they seeped in. In a few years, they had codified into something that was part of my approach. The strength in Kenny’s teaching was that it was specific and open-ended all at once: there were guidelines rooted in foundational principles of harmony, but they could be applicable to any number of soloistic contexts, in real time." (Brad Mehldau, p.194)
Never heard Brad's voice. I've heard all his other voicings before I've ever heard him speak. Deeper voice than I would have imagined for the musical God.
terrific video. KW's humility is worthy of so much respect.
Awesome thanks!
Nice to see you posting again. Also to me, that sudden minor change is such a Brad sound
Truly
Great!!!
Brad says in his book that Kenny was one of his most influential teachers
Thank You ! Love your channel 👍
How this relates to Pandiatonism?
Not particularly
Both amazing piano players. But thank God Brad's character is less bitter than Kenny!
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