Fred Hersch probably couldn’t imagine a worse time for an interview. When I called the eminent jazz pianist at home in Manhattan, he’d just found out that the trumpeter and flugelhornist Enrico Rava, ...

What does musical versatility sound like? In the hands of pianist and composer Fred Hersch, it's fearless, intimate and constantly evolving. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Hersch has ...

FRED HERSCH's 15 GRAMMY® Award Nominations include 7 for "Best Jazz Album", 6 for "Best Improvised Jazz Solo" and 2 for "Best Instrumental Composition." Hersch has been called "A Living Legend" by THE ...

A select member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch is an influential creative force who has shaped the music’s course over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, ...

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Fred Hersch has carved out a niche for himself as one of the most successful, resilient, and disciplined jazz pianists of the current era. Fred Hersch Trio Kimmel Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

Fred Hersch is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, with more than 20 recordings and two Grammy nominations to his credit. He's also an avid reader, and over the last three decades, he's drawn much ...

If pianist Bill Evans came after Bud Powell and Art Tatum, who came after Bill Evans? Fred Hersch did. It was from Hersch that Brad Mehldau and Ethan Iverson came as his students. Evans' language ...

“Monkey Mind” opens with a few bars of a bass playing a single line solo; these are echoed by a violin playing pizzicato. This pattern is repeated about three times overall, first a few notes of bass, ...

JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, is keeping the music alive with The Flip Side Sessions, a virtual concert series broadcasting fully-produced, pre-recorded shows every Friday from ...