Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955) is an American

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pianist, educator and

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activist. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the

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in New York City. He has recorded more than 70 of his jazz compositions. Hersch has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, and, as of December 2014, had been on the Jazz Studies faculty of the

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since 1980 (with breaks).

Early life

Hersch was born in

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, to Jewish parents. He began playing the piano at the age of four (under the tutelage of Jeanne Kirstein) and began to compose music by eight. He won national piano competitions starting at the age of ten. Hersch first became interested in jazz while at

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in Iowa. He dropped out of school and started playing jazz in Cincinnati. He continued his studies at the New England Conservatory under

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, attracting attention from the press – "a fine showcase for Fred Hersch" – in a college recital. On graduation, he became a jazz piano instructor at the college. In his 2017 autobiography, ''Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz'', Hersch talks about seeing

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and his Intergalactic Arkestra at Gilly's a now closed jazz club in

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. Hersch recalls being in the audience when bandleader

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kicked the pianist hired for the occasion off the stand and asked if there was anyone in the audience who could sit in, an offer that Fred took up which essentially launched his career.

Career

In 1977, Hersch moved to New York. One of Fred Hersch's earliest professional engagements was with Art Farmer in Los Angeles in 1978. Jazz critic

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wrote that he "showed his ability as an accompanist and soloist at the out-of-tune piano". He played with Farmer again in 1981. In 1982, the album ''A Work of Art'' (Art Farmer Quartet, Concord Jazz CJ-179), was released, with Hersch on piano. It included two original compositions by Hersch. Leonard Feather gave it 3½ stars. In 1980, the Fred Hersch Trio played at

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, one of many fringe events that were an offshoot of the

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. The following year, his trio played for singer Chris Connor, who was making a comeback after completing a recovery program for alcoholism. He played at the

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, and with

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in the New Jazz at the

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series in the same year. In 1983, Hersch played a duo session with bassist Ratzo Harris at the Knickerbocker Saloon, New York. ''The New York Times'' wrote: "Mr. Hersch is a romantic. He is openly involved in what he is playing and projects this involvement with body English and facial expressions that subtly underline the sense of his music. His lines often become gently billowing waves of sound, and he rises and falls, tenses and relaxes along with them." In 1983–84, Hersch played many sessions with

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in several venues, and with whom he recorded the album, '' Mighty Lights''. In 1985, he played with the Jamie Baum Quartet. In 1986, he played with

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at the Great Woods jazz festival. He played with him in several sessions the following year, and again in 1987, receiving special attention for his solos. In 1986, he taught at

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. He was the pianist for the

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quartet in 1987 and appeared on his album, ''To Bird with Love''. In 1988, Hersch played in

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with his quintet at the Willow Jazz Club. The Boston Globe described him as "an elegant, highly melodic player." In 1989, Hersch played with

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and they recorded together in a studio set up in his home. His first solo piano recording came in 1993: '' Fred Hersch at Maybeck''. In 2006, Palmetto Records released the solo CD ''Fred Hersch in Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis'', and released his eighth solo disc, ''Fred Hersch Plays Jobim'', in 2009.

Composing

Hersch's career as a performer has been enhanced by his activities as a composer, which are an important part of nearly all of his concerts and recordings. He has received commissions from the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the

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, the

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, the Gramercy Trio and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. A disc of his through-composed works, ''Fred Hersch: Concert Music 2001-2006'', was released by

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. Many of Hersch's compositions have been transcribed by music publisher

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. These include ''Valentine'', ''Three Character Studies'', ''Saloon Songs'', and ''24 Variations on a Bach Chorale''. Hersch was awarded a 2003

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for composition. In the same year, he created ''Leaves of Grass'' (

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), a large-scale setting of

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's poetry for two voices (

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and

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) and an instrumental octet; the work was presented in March 2005 at Zankel Hall at

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as part of a six-city U.S. tour.

Accompanist

Hersch has worked with instrumentalists and vocalists in the worlds of jazz (

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, Art Farmer, Stan Getz and

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); classical (

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); and Broadway (

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). Hersch has accompanied jazz vocalists such as Nancy King,

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and

. Hersch has taught at

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and

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, and conducted a Professional Training Workshop for Young Musicians at The Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall in 2008.

Awards and honors

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in Composition, 2003 * Coup de coeur for ''Alone at the Vanguard'', 2011 *

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for ''Alive at the Vanguard'', 2012 * Pianist of the Year,

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, 2011, 2016, 2018 * Pianist of the Year, ''

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'' magazine Critics' Poll, 2015 * Artiste étranger de l'année, ''Jazz'' magazine in France, 2015 * Grand Prix du Disque de l'

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, ''Solo'', 2015 * Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts,

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, 2015 *

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2016 * Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters,

, 2016 * Prix Honorem in Jazz and Coup de cœur jazz, 2017 * Book of the Year about Jazz, ''Good Things Happen Slowly'',

, 2018 * Hersch has been awarded a

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, grants from

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, the

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, and seven composition residencies at the

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Grammy Award nominations

Art Farmer's ''A Work of Art'' in 1983 and two of Eddie Daniels' albums with Hersch in 1986 and 1987 preceded ''Short Stories'', a collaboration between

and Hersch, co-led and co-produced with arrangements by Hersch, that got a nomination for her vocal performance in 1989. In 1992 finally ''Dancing in the Dark'', his seventh trio recording and second for Chesky Records, was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance. * 1992: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for ''Dancing in the Dark'' * 1995: Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for his solo album ''I Never Told You: Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel'' * 2005: Best Instrumental Composition for "Valentine" (on ''In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis'') * 2011: Best Jazz Instrumental Album for ''Alone at the Vanguard'', and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Work" * 2013: Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Song Without Words No.4: Duet" with Julian Lage * 2014: Best Jazz Instrumental Album for ''Floating'' (as the Fred Hersch Trio), and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for " You and the Night and the Music" * 2016: Best Jazz Instrumental Album for '' Sunday Night at the Vanguard'', and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "We See" * 2017: Best Jazz Instrumental Album for ''Open Book'', and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Whisper Not" * 2018: Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for another interpretation of "We See"

Critical response

'' magazine described Hersch as "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation." ''

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'' described him as "singular among the trailblazers of their art, a largely unsung innovator of this borderless, individualistic jazz – a jazz for the 21st century."

Influence

Hersch's influence has been widely felt on a new generation of jazz pianists, from former Hersch students including

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, Sullivan Fortner,

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and Dan Tepfer to his contemporary

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, who said: "Fred at the piano is like

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on the basketball court. He's perfection."

Gallery

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Personal life

Illness

In 1993, Hersch

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and that he had been treated for

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since 1984. He fell into a coma in 2008 for two months. When he regained consciousness, he had lost all muscular function as a result of his long inactivity and could not play the piano. After rehabilitation, he was able to play again. In 2011, he performed ''My Coma Dreams'', a stage show written and directed by Herschel Garfein about the contrast between dreams and reality.

Charity work

Hersch has been a spokesman and fund-raiser for

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services and education agencies since 1993. Hersch has produced and performed on four benefit recordings and in numerous concerts for charities including Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS and

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which had raised over $250,000 as of June 2013. In April 2016, he played a benefit concert for

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. He has also been the keynote speaker and performer at international medical conferences.

Autobiography

Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, Published 2017

Discography

As leader/co-leader

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with (grand) piano, upright bass and drum kit, except for the trio Thirteen Ways with saxophonist

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.). Retrieved January 19, 2019''

As sideman/featured soloist

References

External links

Official website

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090522221811/http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2009/5/19/in-conversation-with-fred-hersch "In Conversation with Fred Hersch"(Jazz.com)
Live' With The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra By Kevin Whitehead - NPR Fresh Air"

Video of Fred Hersch, NEC

DTM interviewFilm - The Ballad of Fred Hersch

Course - Thoughts and Experiments with Solo Piano - Open Studio
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