Among Hersch's gifts is a generous ability to allow his musical partners ample opportunity for personal expression while never losing the thoughtful and elegant aesthetic that marks his music. These ...

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 ...

“Well, I guess they were right about the weather,” pianist Fred Hersch said, welcoming rain-soaked attendees to TD Arena. Though a stark departure from the majestic Cistern Yard, it made no difference ...

UPDATE: Show's over, but recordings are up at the story page. And so is the archived video, above. Yes, yes y'all; and you don't stop. Live Webcasting jazz, that is. Less than 24 hours after our NPR ...

During our conversation, acclaimed pianist, composer, bandleader, author, and educator Fred Hersch mentions an interesting discovery he made recently. “I think of my last seven albums, six have been ...

JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, is keeping the music alive with The Flip Side Sessions, a virtual concert series broadcasting fully-produced, pre-recorded shows every Friday from ...

A select member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch is an influential creative force who has shaped the music’s course over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, ...

Fred Hersch's frail physical appearance (he has lived with HIV for more than 25 years) creates expectations of similarly delicate music. Indeed, delicacy is one of the pianist's calling cards, ...

"Live at the Village Vanguard" Palmetto Fred Hersch, the gifted and prolific jazz pianist, has two new CDs out that will likely appeal to different audiences. "Songs & Lullabies" is a hushed and ...

When Fred Hersch was learning to be a jazz pianist in New York City in the 1970s, the requirements were simple: Be able to play the tunes and don’t be a jerk. “Today every young jazz pianist is ...

Fred Hersch probably couldn’t imagine a worse time for an interview. When I called the eminent jazz pianist at home in Manhattan, he’d just found out that the trumpeter and flugelhornist Enrico Rava, ...