news from fred: Available now! The Fred Hersch Trio's new CD Whirl Hear the feature on Fred with Robert Siegel on NPR's "All Things Considered." Read the feature article on Fred by David Hajdu in The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Fred Hersch Plays Jobim selected by NPR as a Top 10 Jazz CD for 2009 Wall Street Journal selects Fred Hersch Plays Jobim and The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra: Live at Jazz Standard as Top 10 Jazz releases for 2009 New York Times review of "Fred Hersch Plays Jobim" See and hear The Fred Hersch Trio Live at the Village Vanguard Profile of Fred on NPR's "Weekend Edition" "The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra Live at Jazz Standard" with Ralph Alessi, trumpet; Jo Lawry, voice; Richie Barshay, percussion (Sunnyside Records). To order, click here. Review of "Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra: Live at Jazz Standard" on NPR's "Fresh Air" Comprehensive Interview with Fred San Francisco Chronicle (preview of Pocket Orchestra concert) New York Times review of Trio +2 at the Village Vanguard Profile in Time Out New York The new DVD from Aha!DVD "Let Yourself Go: The Lives of Fred Hersch". An intimate feature documentary that focuses on his music, his health and his work as an educator. To order the DVD in the US and Canada, click here. All other orders, click here. To read a review, click here DVD Review in All About Jazz Michael Moore & Fred Hersch This We Know (Palmetto 3900) is now available as an Internet-only download from Palmetto Records. Available Now: Fred Hersch: Concert Music 2001-2006 on the Naxos label featuring performances by pianists Blair McMillen and Natasha Paremski; cellist Dorothy Lawson; and the Gramercy Trio. The latest CD from The Fred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music (Palmetto 2124). With Drew Gress, bass; and Nasheet Waits, drums. Music by Hersch, Berlin, Porter, Dietz & Schwartz, Gress and Monk. A classic disc by a great band. The Fred Hersch Fake Book is now available on CD in PDF format. Easy to print out tunes from any PC or Mac using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The disc contains, in hand-written (but very legible) lead-sheet form, more than 50 of his compositions from 1980-2005; many compositions include horn parts, separate bass parts and added lyrics. Price is $15 ($20 outside the US) and includes shipping. For more info, click here.