Dr. Jazz Talks #64: Samo Šalamon & Kenny Werner interview

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Kenny Werner – amazing pianist and composer with a great last album Church on Mars… We talk about Kenny’s beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, his legendary book Effortless Mastery, playing with Archie Shepp, Toots Thielemans, Joe Lovano and others, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc… A selection of the incredible albums that Kenny did as a leader: 2019 – Church on Mars (David Liebman, James Genus, Terri Lyne Carrington) 2017 – Animal Crackers (with Johannes Weidenmueller, Ari Hoenig) 2015 – The Melody (with Johannes Weidenmueller, Ari Hoenig) 2011 – Balloons (with Randy Brecker, David Sanchez, John Patitucci, Antonio Sanchez) 2009 – Walden (with Benjamin Koppel) 2007 – Lawn Chair Society (with Dave Douglas, Chris Potter, Scott Colley, Brian Blade) 2004 – Peace (with Johannes Weidenmueller, Ari Hoenig) 2001 – Form and Fantasy (with Johannes Weidenmueller, Ari Hoenig) 199