Fred Hersch CDs

Fred Hersch — Alone at the Vanguard Fred Hersch became the first pianist to play a week solo at the venerable Village Vanguard in 2006. Although every night of this second solo engagement was recorded, this disc contains, in its entirety, the final set of the week. release date: March 1, 2011 » order it now

Whirl The new trio CD from "... the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so.” (Vanity Fair). Six new Hersch originals, two standards and covers of tunes by Paul Motian and Jaki Byard. The Wall Street Journal says” The breadth and scope of pianist Fred Hersch’s music is nothing less than amazing.” With John Hébert and Eric McPherson. » Hear Sound Clips. Buy the CD » Read "What The Critics Are Saying About Whirl"

The Fred Hersch Plays Jobim This new solo piano CD has been called “one of his deepest records” by The New York Times. Nine familiar and not-so-familiar Jobim melodies filtered through Hersch’s unique perspective » Hear Sound Clips. Buy the CD

The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra: Live at Jazz Standard This new ensemble of piano, voice (Jo Lawry), trumpet (Ralph Alessi) and Richie Barshay (percussion) showcases Hersch's original compositions and is already turning heads. » Hear Sound Clips. Buy the CD

Fred Hersch in Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis captures "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation" (DownBeat) in an eclectic solo program of Hersch at his pianistic peak. Recorded live at the legendary Dutch club, this disc is a welcome return to one of his specialties -- solo piano -- for the first time on CD in five years. Music by Monk, Carmichael, Jobim, McHugh, Rowles and Hersch. "Hersch has honed a solo piano style second to none in jazz" -The New York Times » Hear soundclips. Buy the CD     » read reviews

Fred Hersch : Concert Music 2001-2006 Hersch's first recorded collection of his through-composed concert works. It features the epic, virtuosic 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale and the romantic Lyric Piece for Trio. Also included are two short sets of Piano character pieces (including the stunning Nocturne for the Left Hand Alone) and the poignant Tango Bittersweet for cello and piano. With Blair McMillen and Natasha Paremski, piano; The Gramercy Trio; and Dorothy Lawson, Cello. » Hear soundclips. Buy the CD

Fred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music features Hersch's longtime rhythm section of Drew Gress on Bass and Nasheet Waits on drums - interpreting the music of Berlin, Schwartz, Porter, Gress, Monk and Hersch. "specializes in high lyricism and high danger" -The New Yorker » Hear soundclips. Buy the CD

Leaves of Grass music by Fred Hersch words by Walt Whitman The Fred Hersch Ensemble Kurt Elling & Kate McGarry, vocalists "...an eloquently orchestrated celebration of Walt Whitman's poetry, vision and, above all else, humanity." -The Washington Post » Hear soundclips. Buy the CD

The Fred Hersch Trio + 2 » Hear it - Buy the CD The Fred Hersch Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard » Hear it - Buy the CD Songs Without Words » Hear it - Buy the CD » Hear it - Buy the CD Thelonious: Fred Hersch Plays Monk » Hear it - Buy the CD Fred Hersch Plays Rodgers and Hammerstein » Hear it - Buy the CD Passion Flower: Fred Hersch Plays Billy Strayhorn » Hear it - Buy the CD Point In Time (with Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Dave Douglas, Rich Perry) » Hear it - Buy the CD The Fred Hersch Trio Plays (with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey) » Hear it - Buy the CD Fred Hersch: Live At Maybeck, Volume 31 » Hear it - Buy the CD Dancing In The Dark: The Fred Hersch Trio with Drew Gress & Tom Rainey » Hear it - Buy the CD Forward Motion: The Fred Hersch Group » Hear it - Buy the CD Evanessence: A Tribute To Bill Evans featuring Gary Burton and Toots Thielemans » Hear it - Buy the CD Horizons: Fred Hersch Trio featuring Marc Johnson and Joey Baron » Hear it - Buy the CD As Co-Leader Songs & Lullabies: Fred Hersch and Norma Winstone » Hear it - Buy the CD Live At Jazz Standard: Nancy King with Fred Hersch » Hear it - Buy the CD Thirteen Ways: Focus (Fred Hersch/Michael Moore/Gerry Hemingway) » Hear it - Buy the CD Songs We Know: Fred Hersch and Bill Frisell » Hear it - Buy the CD As One: Jane Ira Bloom and Fred Hersch » Hear it - Buy the CD