Even though it was Sunday, the Village Vanguard was packed to catch the last night of pianist Fred Hersch's weeklong run. Hersch had played the legendary club in New York's West Village before, even ...

Pianist/composer Fred Hersch and vocalist/bassist/songwriter Esperanza Spalding can both be counted among the most acclaimed and inventive artists in modern jazz. The ...

One of the most gifted and resourceful pianists of his generation — and a key influence on his former student and fellow jazz keyboard master Brad Mehldau — Fred Hersch thrives in almost any musical ...

My neighborhood is the epicenter of the shopping mall,” Fred Hersch laments. He is referring to SoHo-specifically Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets, one of New York’s most congested ...

Over more than four decades, Hersch has been an influential creative force as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, ...

Fred Hersch‘s Breath by Breath is a third-stream masterpiece. In addition to enlisting bassist Drew Gress and drummer Jochen Rueckert, the veteran pianist has opened the sound up to include ...

If you have a passing knowledge of how the publishing industry works, you are likely to cock a cynical eyebrow when pondering if a memoir such as Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life in and Out of Jazz, ...

Jazz pianist Fred Hersch fully embraces the freedom that comes with improvisation on his solo album “Silent, Listening,” spontaneously composing and performing tunes that are often without melody, ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Shortly after the 1985 release of his ...

Better than: Whatever “the same ol’, same ol'” means to you. I wish some neuroscientist (perhaps edgy violinist-turned-Columbia University neurobiologist Dave Soldier?) would conduct a study on the ...

As he nears 70, pianist Fred Hersch looks back on a fearless life in jazz, sharing personal favorites, stories behind bold collaborations and... How pianist Fred Hersch's daring collaborations shaped ...

Barbara is joined by jazz pianist Fred Hersch, followed by an exclusive solo performance. Barbara sits down with Fred Hersch, 17-time Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer, originally from ...