Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch

Genres: jazz, piano, jazz piano, contemporary jazz, Fred Hersch

About Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a contemporary American jazz pianist who has become a consistent and highly demanded performer on the international jazz scene. 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. Hersch soon began cutting his own records and became a noted composer. Like a number of jazz pianists who have come of age over the past 20 years, he is strongly influenced by the work of Bill Evans, though Hersch has also been at pains to distance himself from Evans' influence. Although Hersch has played in a number of different instrumental arrangements, he is an exceptional solo performer, and many of his albums are solo recitals.

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Fred Hersch — Top 30 songs of 35

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Fred Hersch Sarabande
Fred Hersch Mandevilla
Fred Hersch And So It Goes
Fred Hersch If Ever I Would Leave You
Fred Hersch Songs from Home
Fred Hersch Snow Is Falling...
Fred Hersch All I Want
Fred Hersch Song Without Words, No. 2: Ballad
Fred Hersch The Orb
Fred Hersch Pretty Girl (The Star-Crossed
Fred Hersch How Deep Is The Ocean
Fred Hersch The Old Castle From Pictures At An Exhibitions (Mussorgsky)
Fred Hersch Meditacao
Fred Hersch When Your Lover Has Gone
Fred Hersch The Big Easy
Fred Hersch Wouldn't it be lovely
Fred Hersch Luiza
Fred Hersch All I Want
Fred Hersch Peri's Scope
Fred Hersch Adagio From Piano Concerto N2 (Rachmaninoff)
Fred Hersch Blackwing Palomino
Fred Hersch Arabian Dance from Nitcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Fred Hersch Canzona from Symphony N4 in F minor (Tchaikovsky)
Fred Hersch Etude, op. N2 (Scriabin)
Fred Hersch Corcovado
Fred Hersch Heartsong
Fred Hersch Ballad for Very Tired and Very Sad Lotus-Eaters
Fred Hersch Both Sides Now
Fred Hersch Andante and Aria From Concerto for Coloratura, op. 82 (Gliere)
Fred Hersch Rhythm Spirit
Sarabande
Mandevilla
And So It Goes
If Ever I Would Leave You
Songs from Home
Snow Is Falling...
All I Want
Song Without Words, No. 2: Ballad
Pretty Girl (The Star-Crossed
How Deep Is The Ocean
The Old Castle From Pictures At An Exhibitions (Mussorgsky)
Meditacao
When Your Lover Has Gone
The Big Easy
Wouldn't it be lovely
All I Want
Peri's Scope
Adagio From Piano Concerto N2 (Rachmaninoff)
Blackwing Palomino
Arabian Dance from Nitcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Canzona from Symphony N4 in F minor (Tchaikovsky)
Etude, op. N2 (Scriabin)
Corcovado
Heartsong
Ballad for Very Tired and Very Sad Lotus-Eaters
Both Sides Now
Andante and Aria From Concerto for Coloratura, op. 82 (Gliere)
Rhythm Spirit