Kenny Werner

I am a jazz pianist and composer for many years. But there is definitely a crossover classical element in my large ensemble music. My latest CD, "No Beginning, No End" is a wind Ensemble piece featuring Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone but it was so undefinable as jazz or classical that the Grammy committee decided to enter it as a classical work. There is also featured on this CD a string quartet and choir piece, both decidedly classical. This is the mode I am writing in these days and the kind of collaborations I am looking for. Presently I am writing a concerto for saxophone and piano for a 2012 performance in Arhus, Denmark. I am interested in having my Wind Ensemble piece or any of my former orchestra pieces performed.