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Fred Hersch

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Proclaimed by Vanity Fair magazine, “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so,” Fred Hersch balances his internationally recognized instrumental skills with significant achievements as a composer, bandleader, and theatrical conceptualist, as well as remaining an in-demand collaborator with other noted bandleaders and vocalists. As a solo pianist (he was the first artist in the 75-year history of New York's legendary Village Vanguard to play week-long engagements as a solo pianist - his second featured run is documented on the 2011 release, Alone at the Vanguard); as leader of a widely praised trio whose Whirl found its way onto numerous 2010 best-recordings-of-the-year lists; and as the impetus behind the ambitious 2011 production, “My Coma Dreams,” a full-evening work for 11 instruments, actor/singer and animation/multimedia - Hersch has fully lived up to the approbation of the New York Times who, in a featured Sunday Magazine article, praised him as “singular among the trailblazers of their art, a largely unsung innovator of this borderless, individualistic jazz – a jazz for the 21st century.” He was nominated for two 2011 Grammy Awards for Alone at the Vanguard - for Best Jazz Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo; these are his fourth and fifth nominations

Album

Suspended In Time

Label: Resilience Music Alliance
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. "Suspended in Time" 2. "Sea of Eyes" 3. "Lullaby" 4. "Fever Dreams" 5. "Awakenings" 6. "Patience" 7. "Here We Are"

Album

The Surrounding Green

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Plainsong; Law Years; The Surrounding Green; Palhaço; Embraceable You; First Song; Anticipation.

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Article: Year in Review

Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2025

Read "Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2025" reviewed by Geno Thackara


To look at the commentary on the year's big stars and famous releases, one would almost think 2025 had been a lackluster year in music. Lucky for us that the jazz world is constantly full of things much more interesting and endlessly creative. Fergus McCreadie The Shieling Edition Records

Article: Album Review

Ramona Horvath: Absinthe

Read "Absinthe" reviewed by Artur Moral


How could one not connect with someone who, from her debut album as a leader, Lotus Blossom (Black & Blue, 2017), demonstrated such knowledge and admiration for Billy Strayhorn's timeless compositions? Or who, in the liner notes of her new project, counts among her supporters fellow pianists of the stature of Giovanni Mirabassi, Ignasi Terraza and ...

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Article: Live Review

Norma Winstone e Kit Downes al Carambolage di Bolzano

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Norma Winstone, Kit Downes Piccolo Teatro Carambolage Bolzano 24 novembre 2025 Spesso alla base di un duo c'è una ragione di profonda affinità artistica, caratteriale, umana. È senz'altro il caso del connubio tra Norma Winstone e Kit Downes, protagonisti del recente concerto al Piccolo Teatro Carambolage di Bolzano. Nella sua lunga ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Evans Trio: Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)

Read "Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025)" reviewed by Mark Corroto


On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile, a barrier many believed human beings could never break. Today, any elite miler can run that time, which makes Bannister's accomplishment harder for modern sports fans to fully appreciate. Something similar happens when listening to pianist Bill Evans' two Riverside studio sessions, Portrait in Jazz ...

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Article: Year in Review

Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

Read "Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025" reviewed by Doug Collette


In no order but that which they come to mind to play again... Vijay Iyer Defiant Life ECM Records BEATrio BEATrio Thirty Tigers Fred Hersch The Surrounding Green ECM Records Miguel Zenon Vanguardia Subterránea: ...

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Article: Year in Review

Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

Read "Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Looking back at 2025, here are some of the year's finest releases, mostly from Europe, encompassing both jazz and music where jazz ventures into other genres Emil BrandqvistPoems For Travellers Skip Records Gabriel LatchinThe Man I Love Alys ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Branford Marsalis, Eric Scott Reed, Artemis, Jeremy Pelt and more

Read "Branford Marsalis, Eric Scott Reed, Artemis, Jeremy Pelt and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Branford Marsalis, Altin Sencalar, Reginald Cyntje, Marianne Solivan, Thomas Marriott, Mitch Towne, Paul Hecht, Lorraine Feather, Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, John Clayton, Ellie Martin, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, Artemis, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Caili O'Doherty, Max Leake, Judy Wexler, Liz Cole, Jeremy Pelt, Darryl Yokley, Mason Razavi, Fred Hersch, Willie ...


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