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Kenny Werner: Freeing the Inner Urge

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TERRY PERKINS,
Terry Perkins

Terry Perkins

Columnist since 2001

Terry is a freelance journalist living in St. Louis who writes about jazz for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Downbeat and All About Jazz -- and other outlets.

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Published: April 20, 2004

“I never intended to write a book,” he explains, “but when I was teaching students, I seemed to be able to articulate and explain things that were hanging them up musically because of what I had learned myself about the connection between music and creativity. Then when the book came out, I started hearing from seminary students, from golfers and from business people – all telling me my ideas worked in their fields as well. It seems like it now has its own life – its own trajectory. I’ve been doing lectures and seminars, and the book is still selling. I’m not trying to push it. I just stand back and watch it grow.”

Visit Kenny Werner on the web at www.kennywerner.com .

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