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Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra: Live at the Jazz Standard
by Victor L. Schermer
This unique album stands in a class all by itself: an artful and artsy set of original compositions by pianist Fred Hersch evoking musical images of an America gone by, perhaps from the early 1900s to the 1950s, when life was more innocent than it is today. Distinctly jazz, it incorporates classical and other musical structures and allusions. Recorded live at the Jazz Standard, all the pieces are Hersch originals, manifesting his ongoing references to the full spectrum of American ...
Continue ReadingLet Yourself Go: The Lives of Fred Hersch
by Victor L. Schermer
Fred Hersch Let Yourself Go: The Lives of Fred Hersch AHA! DVD 2008Fred Hersch has grown into one of the great modern jazz pianists. He's also a master teacher and a distinctive composer. His historic week as the first musician to perform solo at the Village Vanguard in New York marked his ascension from one of many fine jazz pianists to the ranks of those few who “make a difference." He has ...
Continue ReadingThe Fred Hersch Trio: "Kind of Blue" Turns 50 at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Fred Hersch TrioKimmel CenterPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaDecember 8, 2008
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts features an ongoing series called “Jazz Up Close" in the Perelman Theater. Its coordinator, Danilo Perez, has arranged a series of outstanding concerts featuring top musicians performing in various jazz idioms, with post-intermission conversations about the particular genre embodied in that performance. Several events in this multi-year ongoing series were most enjoyable, and this one was no exception. Honoring and ...
Continue ReadingFred Hersch Trio: Night And The Music
by AAJ Italy Staff
Grazie all’attività meritoria di label indipendenti come la Palmetto, Fred Hersch continua da qualche anno ad incidere con puntuale regolarità. Una discografia la sua che si sta facendo anno dopo anno sempre più corposa, ancorché contrassegnata dall’alto livello di creatività. Eppure - incredibilmente - il pianista statunitense incarna ancora la tipica figura di musician’s musician: artista amato dai colleghi ma poco noto al grande pubblico Tecnica sopraffina, immenso talento, rara capacità di procurare con poche note profonde emozioni in chi ...
Continue ReadingFred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music
by Victor L. Schermer
Pianist Fred Hersch is proving himself to be not only a solid mainstream jazz pianist but also an imaginative and creative musical force. His Leaves of Grass (Palmetto, 2005), with vocalist Kurt Elling broke new ground by setting the poetry of Walt Whitman to written and improvised musical composition incorporating jazz and traditional “heartland American motifs. Fred Hersch Live at the Bimhuis (Palmetto, 2006) offered a panoply of solo piano music at a high level of sophistication and technique.
Continue ReadingThe Fred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music
by Riel Lazarus
Although there are no set formulas for success or achievement in jazz, there are certainly a few “legs-up and “add-ons. In the case of the trio, one such advantage is that of comfort and familiarity between the members. With these in play, the notes begin to blend and fall seamlessly in line: three voices turn to one. And while such synergy is relatively rare, look no further than The Fred Hersch Trio's Night and the Music for a prime example. ...
Continue ReadingFred Hersch: Personal Favorites
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un Fred Hersch per l’ennesima volta in forma smagliante, per rileggere in totale relax sette standard e cinque sue splendide composizioni. Benché lontano dai clamori della grande industria discografica, il pianista statunitense riesce da qualche anno ad incidere con buona regolarità, per regalarci dischi destinati a lasciare una segno profondo nell’ascoltatore. Fantasia; magistero tecnico; interiorizzazione profonda degli evergreen interpretati; raffinato pensiero armonico, che si sostanzia attraverso un solismo discreto e sussurrato. Sono alcune delle caratteristiche principali del suo ricco pianismo ...
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