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The Fred Hersch Trio + 2

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: A Riddle Song; And I Love Her; Miss B. Black Dong Pays A Visit; A Lark; Down Home; Rain Waltz; Marshall

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Trio + 2

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. A Riddle Song - 6:13 2. And I Love Her - 4:41 3. Miss B. - 6:23 4. Black Dog Pays a Visit - 6:53 5. A Lark - 6:23 6. Down Home - 4:54 7. Rain Waltz - 8:02 8. Marshall's Plan - 6:32 9. Lee's Dream - 4:46 10. The Chase - 3:22

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Fred Hersch Trio: Trio + 2

Read "Trio + 2" reviewed by John Kelman


Following 2002’s Live at the Village Vanguard , pianist Fred Hersch takes an artistic leap, expanding his trio to a quintet for the imaginative Trio + 2. While the result is somewhat more abstract, it is equally compelling. Recorded in just a single day, this album finds Hersch and the trio at a remarkably high level ...

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Fred Hersch: Trio + 2

Read "Trio + 2" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Trio + 2 bops hard in places but falls outside of the hard bop conventions that its players inherently possess. The result is just under one hour of autonomous music that transcends true bop ensemble but falls short of pure quintet improvisation. Fred Hersch’s timing defines this record, which was officially released one week before his ...

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Tim Green: Catching Yourself Gracefully

Read "Catching Yourself Gracefully" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Pianist Tim Green new recording, Jeannie's Song, was recently featured in my Nights at the Turntable article, Origin Arts: The Tsunami from Seattle . Mr. Green is one of a growing number of young jazz musicians who are shaping jazz for the 21st century. His approach to jazz is through his bright and intelligent compositions, as ...

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The Fred Hersch Trio + 2: The Fred Hersch Trio + 2

Read "The Fred Hersch Trio + 2" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


With this record pianist Fred Hersch leaves the friendly confines of his trio, expanding it to a quintet, and produces one of the edgiest releases of his career. Comprised of nine original compositions and a single standard ("And I Love Her"), The Fred Hersch Trio + 2 explores more deeply Hersch’s balladic writing and performing. Mr. ...

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Songs & Lullabies

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Longing, Stars, A Wish, Lost in Another Time, Songs & Lullabies, Spirits, The Eighth Deadly Sin, Bird in the Rain, To Music, Song of Life, Invitation to the Dance. TT = 58:11

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Live At The Village Vanguard

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Bemsha Swing; At the Close of the Day; Phantom of the Bopera; Endless Stars; Swamp Thang; Stuttering; Some Other Time; Days Gone By; Miyako/Black Nile; I'll Be Seeing You.

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Fred Hersch and Norma Winstone: Songs & Lullabies

Read "Songs & Lullabies" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


Pianist Fred Hersch has long been respected in the jazz community for his chops, lush harmonic sense, steady growth and productivity, and the ability to compose beautiful, lingering melodies. His recent Guggenheim fellowship finally recognizes him as a national cultural treasure. Fred makes Herschian music - using whatever he chooses to best follow his muse - ...

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Fred Hersch: Live At the Village Vanguard

Read "Fred Hersch: Live At the Village Vanguard" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


After a seven year period devoted mostly to solo releases and songwriter specific albums, pianist Fred Hersch returns to the trio. Last May, with Drew Gress on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums, he recorded The Fred Hersch Trio: Live At the Village Vanguard (Palmetto), his first trio album since 1995. Shimmering, energetic and personal, the ...


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