Fred Hersch

A member of jazzs piano pantheon, Fred Hersch has been an influential creative force over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator, and recording artist. He has been proclaimed the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade by Vanity Fair and a living legend by The New Yorker. A seventeen-time Grammy nominee, Hersch has garnered jazzs most prestigious awards, including a Doris Duke Artist (2016), Jazz Pianist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association (2011, 2016, 2018), and the Jazz Magazine (France) International Artist of the Year (2021). The Fred Hersch Trio was voted the #1 Jazz Group in the 2019 DownBeat Critics Poll.An acclaimed and influential solo pianist, he has twelve solo recordings in his catalog including the 2024 release, Silent, Listening which is a collaboration with legendary producer Manfred Eicher for the ECM label. All About Jazz has remarked that when it comes to the art of solo piano in jazz, there are two classes of performers: Fred Hersch and everybody else and The New York Times simply calls him a master who plays it his way,Through more than twelve albums, the Fred Hersch Trio has remained at the pinnacle of modern jazz, venerated as the epitome of thrilling interplay and dynamic spontaneity. The Wall Street Journal calls the trio one of the major ensembles of our time, while The New Yorker has applauded it for playing with high lyricism and high danger. They were named the #1 Jazz Group of the Year by DownBeat magazine. and appeared at major jazz festivals throughout Europe and the US and have regularly headlined rat the legendary Village Vanguard since 1977.