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Fred Hersch

American jazz pianist

Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and a 17-time Grammy nominée. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard in New York City. He has written and recorded more than 75 original compositions.

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Works

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  • A Speech to the Sea
  • Arcata
  • Autumn Haze
  • Bristol Fog (for John Taylor)
  • Cadences
  • Calder
  • Campbell
  • Child's Song
  • Days Gone By
  • Don't Ask
  • Evanessence
  • Far Away
  • Floating
  • Floating Head Syndrome
  • Four Windows into America
  • Home Fries
  • Newklypso (for Sonny Rollins)
  • Only Many
  • Pastorale
  • Peering
  • Phantom of the Bopera
  • Rain Waltz
  • Ride
  • Sarabande
  • Scuttlers
  • Skipping
  • Snape Maltings
  • Someone Digging in the Ground
  • The Big Easy (for Tom Piazza)
  • The Cadence They Create
  • The Cave Knows
  • The Sleepers
  • Three Character Studies
  • Three Character Studies: I. Nocturne for Left Hand Alone
  • Three Character Studies: II. Little Spinning Song
  • Three Character Studies: III. Chorinho (Study in Thirds and Sixths)
  • Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
  • West Virginia Rose
  • Whirl
  • Wozzeck/Improvisation/The Midnight Sun
  • blues for an imaginary valentine