{"id":237,"date":"2011-12-09T20:30:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T04:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2011\/12\/09\/jazz-pick-of-the-week-kenny-werner-quintet\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T20:30:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T04:30:59","slug":"jazz-pick-of-the-week-kenny-werner-quintet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/12\/09\/jazz-pick-of-the-week-kenny-werner-quintet\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Pick of the Week &#8211; Kenny Werner Quintet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/CatalinaJazzClublogo.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1323393404643\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2011%2F12%2F9%2Fjazz-pick-of-the-week-kenny-werner-quintet.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35&amp;appId=190090267703672\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> <br \/><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pianist <a href=\"http:\/\/kennywerner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny Werner<\/a> is best known as a longtime accompanist of harmonica legend Toots Thielemans, who&rsquo;s still playing unspeakably beautiful and sophisticated music at the age of 89. But Werner is also one of jazz&rsquo;s most prodigious bandleaders.<\/p>\n<p>An improviser of fearless temperament, he has a gift for transforming personnel who look interesting together on paper into sensational ensembles. Featuring an all-star quintet with tenor saxophonist David Sanchez and trumpeter Randy Brecker, his latest CD &ldquo;Balloons&rdquo; (HalfNote) is a case in point.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday he opens a three-night run at Catalina Bar &amp; Grill with essentially the same band, though the album&rsquo;s bassist John Patitucci is replaced by bassist Scott Colley, who&rsquo;s forged a singularly intuitive rhythm section in tandem with Mexican-born drummer Antonio Sanchez (they also play together widely with Pat Metheny and Gary Burton).<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, &ldquo;Balloons&rdquo; looks like a blowing session, with four tunes each running more than 11 minutes. Rather than serving as launching pads for extended improvisational flights, Werner&rsquo;s compositions provide the players with lustrous, detail-rich soundscapes that can take on cinematic dimensions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The older I get the more I&rsquo;m interested in music that sounds like composition,&rdquo; Werner says. &ldquo;For me it&rsquo;s a journey. You hear these sections change into something else, and they take on life as extended compositions. I&rsquo;ve never been a fan of records with a bunch of solos. It might be impressive, but it&rsquo;s not interesting to me as a piece of music.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Werner established himself as an uncommonly responsive accompanist in the 1970s and 80s through his performances and recordings with an array of jazz giants, from Joe Henderson, Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland to Archie Shepp, Lee Konitz and John Abercrombie. Thielemans loves the way that Werner keeps him on his toes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look at the pianists I&rsquo;ve played with, George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans, Shirley Horn, and Fred Hersch,&rdquo; Thielemans said in a conversation shortly after Werner served as music director for a Carnegie Hall celebration of his 85<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. &ldquo;Kenny Werner is part of that club. He&rsquo;ll make a harmonic turn and push me over the cliff sometimes, oops! Ah, I found the water anyway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/musicians\/Kenny-Werner-BW.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1323393711232\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"thumbnail-caption\" style=\"width: 580px;\">Photo via Kenny Werner&#8217;s web site.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For much of his career as a bandleader, Werner was known for a series of volatile trios. But he&rsquo;s increasingly recognized as a composer of mysteriously beautiful themes. Last year he released his most ambitious and emotionally charged album &ldquo;No Beginning No End&rdquo; (HalfNote), an extraordinary suite for woodwinds, voices, strings, and saxophonist Joe Lovano and vocalist Judi Silvano.<\/p>\n<p>Initially commissioned for an MIT performance, the suite turned into a loving and heartbreaking tribute to Werner&rsquo;s daughter Katheryn, who was killed in a car crash in 2006. The album earned Werner a Grammy nomination and a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship Award.<\/p>\n<p>Where some composers work in the Ellingtonian tradition, designing parts with specific players in mind, Werner says he doesn&rsquo;t have a gift for writing for specific personalities. &ldquo;You write something, set up some situations and leave it open. Because of the guys you pick you know it&rsquo;s going to be beautiful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Friday, December 9<sup>th<\/sup> and Saturday, December 10<sup>th<\/sup> at 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm and Sunday December 11<sup>th<\/sup> at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 West Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong>: $22 &#8211; $30. Dinner or two drinks minimum required in addition to the tickets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets<\/strong>: Available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketweb.com\/snl\/VenueListings.action?venueId=19513\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br \/>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalinajazzclub.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.catalinajazzclub.com<\/a><br \/>Tel. 323-466-2210<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Recordings (CD and MP3 versions)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=curalosange-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=B004JAUD72\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=curalosange-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=B0051QE5TK\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=curalosange-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=B003TGW6PE\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=curalosange-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=B0045E62K4\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>____________<\/p>\n<p>This article is written by Andrew Gilbert, my brother and a prolific freelance writer whose primary focus is Jazz. You can find his articles in the Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, JazzTimes and many other publications. He will periodically contribute other articles to Curating Los Angeles and share his expertise and passion for the southland Jazz scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/organizations\/CatalinaJazzClublogo.jpg\" alt=\"CatalinaJazzClub_logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pianist Kenny Werner is best known as a longtime accompanist of harmonica legend Toots Thielemans, who\u2019s still playing unspeakably beautiful and sophisticated music at the age of 89. But Werner is also one of jazz\u2019s most prodigious bandleaders.<\/p>\n<p>\nAn improviser of fearless temperament, he has a gift for transforming personnel who look interesting together on paper into sensational ensembles. Featuring an all-star quintet with tenor saxophonist David Sanchez and trumpeter Randy Brecker, his latest CD \u201cBalloons\u201d (HalfNote) is a case in point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,31,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-jazz-pick-of-the-week","category-music","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jazz Pick of the Week - Kenny Werner Quintet - Curating Los Angeles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2011\/12\/09\/jazz-pick-of-the-week-kenny-werner-quintet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jazz Pick of the Week - Kenny Werner Quintet - Curating Los Angeles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pianist Kenny Werner is best known as a longtime accompanist of harmonica legend Toots Thielemans, who\u2019s still playing unspeakably beautiful and sophisticated music at the age of 89. 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