In the early 2000's I had the opportunity to study privately for a short time with jazz piano master Kenny Werner. Previous to meeting him I had begun reading his book "effortless mastery" Since that time I have continued to work on and off with his book and the exercises we worked on during our lessons. I am starting from the beginning and working my way through the material again from the beginning to continue to clean up flaws which are reveled in my playing. Part of "the work" of attaining a higher level of mastery is a commitment to meditation. For a high-strung person like myself the "sitting around doing nothingness" of meditation can be torture. Yet, there are measurable improvements in my playing!
I'll have to meditate on that.
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