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Hersch with Schwartz and Monk
The eclectic and unfailingly interesting pianist Fred Hersch will be the guest this week on Jazz From Studio Four, a program hosted by Steve Schwartz on WGBH in Boston. The show includes a live concert by Hersch in the studio and conversation with Schwartz. A jazz broadcaster on WGBH for a quarter of a century, Schwartz ...
Tom Warner: Honoring the Legacy
by Victor L. Schermer
Tom Warner recently replaced Mervon Mehta as vice-president of programming for the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, when the latter took the head position at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Among his eclectic musical tastes, the accessible, warm and articulate Warner has a strong interest in jazz.
John Hollenbeck: Rainbow Jimmies
by Troy Collins
Percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck has led a diverse and multifaceted career since his early studies with legendary trombonist/composer Bob Brookmeyer. As a sideman, Hollenbeck has served alongside Brookmeyer, Satoko Fujii, Fred Hersch, Jim McNeely, Patrick Zimmerli, and others in addition to leading his own group, the unclassifiable Claudia Quintet. On a larger scale, he has ...
NEC Announces Appointments of Pianist-Composer Fred Hersch and Saxophonist Miguel Zenon to the Jazz Studies Faculty
Hersch ’77 a Three-Time Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim Fellow Zenon a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant Recipient at 32 As it looks forward to celebrating 40 Years of Jazz at NEC in 2009/10, New England Conservatory has announced the appointment of two outstanding musicians to its jazz studies faculty: pianist–composer Fred Hersch, an alumnus of the Class ...
Randy Ingram Trio at Smalls on March 30th
Randy Ingram Trio @ Smalls Monday, March 30, 7:30 and 9:00pm Randy Ingram, Piano Matt Clohesy, Bass Jochen Rueckert, Drums Smalls Jazz Club 183 W 10th St (at 7th Ave) New York, NY 10014 ...
Let 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 ...
Fred Herschs Club Jazz Between Old Fashions and New Tastes
Most small-group jazz combines composition and improvisation, and one is generally losing the battle against the other. Thats fine; its part of what gives a band its character. But in Fred Herschs music, which he plays as part of a quintet at the Village Vanguard this week, the two elements are balanced pretty perfectly. Mr. Hersch, ...
DVD Release, "Let Yourself Go: The Lives of Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch"
Aha! DVD is proud to announce the release of Let Yourself Go: The Lives of Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch. This artist has been cited as “one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation" by Downbeat and as “a master who plays it his way" by the New York Times. He has been honored ...
The 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 ...
Fred Hersch Trio Performs Tribute to Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" at the Kimmel Center, December 6
"There isn’t a false note—technically or emotionally…a tribute to Hersch’s unerring ability to play music that is as intelligent as it is touching, as virtuosic as it is swinging." —Los Angeles Times Prolific jazz pianist-composer Fred Hersch and his Trio celebrate the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’ album Kind of Blue and the pianists, ...
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