He's performed with the greatest jazz musicians: DIzzy Gillespie, Betty Buckley, Lou Rawls and many more. What drives Kenny Werner, artistic director of the Effortless Mastery Institute at Berklee College of Music is not playing the instrument, but becoming the instrument. His book, Becoming the Instrument: Lessons on Self-Mastery from Music to Life mixes his philosophical, spiritual perspective with his mastery of Jazz to create a life map. He argues if you clear away life's baggage and pull out the best within you and become as authentic as possible, you lift your performance in all aspects of life to the highest levels.
