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Fred Hersch: In Amsterdam: Live At The Bimhuis
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Fred Hersch In Amsterdam: Live At The Bimhuis Palmetto Records 2006 This live release by Fred Hersch is a rare creature: a solo piano recital that is never at a loss for lyrical and melodic ideas. The solo format exposes all of the musician's habits, pet themes and favored tones ...
Fred Hersch: In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis
by Victor L. Schermer
A whole evening or an entire album of solo improvisation is the ultimate challenge to any keyboardist's ability to sustain the listener's interest. It takes quite a bit of daring, or else a feeling that one has “arrived as a master, to risk such an enterprise. Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau have ...
Fred Hersch: In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
It's time to use the g-word when referring to Fred Hersch. Although the word has been overused and thoroughly diluted in our culture, for me it's as elusive as the g-spot. In fact, I've never used the term “genius" to describe a living artist--at least, not until now--and it's probably long overdue, at that.
Point In Time
By Fred Hersch
Label: Solid Records (6)
Released: 2005
Track listing: Point In Time; You Don't Know What Love Is; As Long As There's Music; Spring Is Here; The Peacocks; Infant Eyes; Cat's Paws; Too Soon; Evidence; Drew's Blues;
Leaves Of Grass
By Fred Hersch
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: A Riddle Song (overture); Song of the Universal; Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand; Song of Myself: Part I ("I Celebrate Myself"); Part II ("A Child Said, 'What is the Grass'"); Part III ("A Learner With the Simplest"); Part IV ("I Exist as I Am"); Part V ("I Am He That Walks"); Part VI ("Through Me Forbidden Voices"); Part VII ("Now I Will Do Nothing But Listen"); Part VIII ("I Believe a Leaf of Grass"); Part IX ("I Fly Those Flights"); Part X ("My Lovers Suffocate Me"); Part XI ("Why Should I Wish to See God"); The Mystic Trumpeter; At the Close of the Day (instrumental); To You/Perfections; The Sleepers; Spirit That Form'd This Scene/On the Beach at Night Alone; After the Dazzle of the Day
The Fred Hersch Ensemble: Leaves of Grass
by Jim Santella
The full chamber ensemble assembled by Fred Hersch for this project creates a beautiful scene that reflects Walt Whitman's poetry appropriately. A serious tone with religious fervor and dramatic overtones emanates from the adventure. “Song of Myself," the album's centerpiece, flows gently, with Whitman's poetry supplying the lyrics and Hersch's ensemble supplying the mood. ...
Fred Hersch: Celebrating Walt Whitman
by Victor L. Schermer
Fred Hersch is a working jazz pianist and composer based in New York City, with an outstanding resume of accomplishments (see his website for full details). In addition to his three-decade long daily fare as a leader and sideman on a multitude of gigs and recordings, he has, over the course of his career, undertaken a ...
Fred Hersch: Celebrating Life in a Musical "Leaves of Grass"
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
I attended the sold-out March 11, 2005 performance of Fred Hersch's (see April 2005 interview) Leaves of Grass at Zankel Hall, a relatively new and wondrous performance space in the belly of Carnegie Hall. This Palmetto CD has already been reviewed by two AAJ colleagues, and since I largely agree, I'll leave the parsing of the ...
"Leaves Of Grass" In Philadelphia
by AAJ Staff
Fred Hersch Ensemble Leaves Of Grass Concert Kimmel Center, Philadelphia March 12, 2005 The Perelman Theater, at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, was recently graced by the Fred Hersch Ensemble's performance of Leaves Of Grass, Hersch's magnificent rendering of Walt Whitman's poetry into the jazz idiom. As good as Hersch's ...
Fred Hersch Ensemble: Leaves of Grass
by John Kelman
Only two months into 2005 and already there have been a number of early contenders for the year's top ten lists. Add to that growing number pianist Fred Hersch and his ensemble's Leaves of Grass , an album that sets the poetry of Walt Whitman to music with elegance and dignity. While structure far outweighs experimentation ...
