Happy Birthday Fred Hersch. ‘Individualistic Beauty’

This day (October 21, 1955), in Cincinnati, Ohio, is born Fred Hersch, a contemporary American jazz pianist.

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Tracklist :

1 . Round Midnight (2021)

2 . Wichita Lineman (2020)

3 . Piano Solo (2019)

4 . And So It Goes

5 . Doxy (2017)

6 . Both Sides Now (2016)

7 . @ Chicago Jazz Festival (2015)

8 . The Song is You (2013)

9 . For No One (2012)

10 . In Walked Bud (2010)

11 . Mood Indigo (2002)

12 . w/ Toots Thielemans – Ne me Quitte Pas

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Fred Hersch Top 10 :

The Nearness Of You . The Peacocks . … departed . What Is This Thing Called Love? . You Don’T Loove What Love Is? . At the Close of the Day . Havana . Tristess (for Paul Motian) . Segment . Lonely Woman, Nardis .

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Wikipedia : This day (October 21, 1955), in Cincinnati, Ohio, is born Fred Hersch, a contemporary American jazz pianist.

Fred Hersch : 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.

@allmusic : Hersch was also the subject of a major article in The New York Times Sunday Magazine in 2010 entitled Giant Steps: The Survival of a Great Jazz Pianist, by David Hadju. In 2011, Hersch delivered the live solo album Alone at the Vanguard followed a year later with the trio album Alive at the Vanguard.

@last.fm : Hersch began playing piano at a very young age and graduated from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His teachers included Sophia Rosoff. He moved to New York City in the late 1970s where he soon found a place playing with notable artists such as Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, and Charlie Haden.

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Photo : The Queen’s Hall

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