Biography
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Fred Hersch
3 follower
Genres :
Jazz
Instruments :
Piano
Labels :
Sunnyside
Chesky
Nonesuch
Palmetto
Years active :
1977–present
Born / Died
Born:(1955-10-21) October 21, 1955 (age 61) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Website :
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Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955) is an American jazz pianist and educator. He has performed solo and led his own groups, including the Pocket Orchestra consisting of piano, trumpet, voice, and percussion. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard 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 New England Conservatory since 1980 (with breaks).
