  |
|
|
 |
|
CD |
| 3.700 Ft
|
|
| 1. | Focus
|
| 2. | Janeology
|
| 3. | Out Someplace (Blues for Matthew Shepard)
|
| 4. | Autumn Leaves
|
| 5. | En Tee
|
| 6. | Tango Bittersweet
|
| 7. | Bug Music
|
| 8. | Fim de Inverno
|
| 9. | Identity
|
| 10. | One Note to My Wife
|
| 11. | Habanera
|
Jazz / Post-Bop
Fred Hersch - Composer, Piano, Producer
Chris Kornmann Design, Photography
Gerry Hemingway Percussion, Drums, Performer, Composer, Drums (Snare)
Jim Macnie Liner Notes
Matt Balitsaris Executive Producer
Michael MacDonald Engineer, Mastering
Michael Moore Performer, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Composer
Patrick Hinely Photography
Well-known for his superb songbook tributes and sensitive solo ventures, this time Fred Hersch enters more impressionistic territory with clarinetist Michael Moore and drummer Gerry Hemingway. The landscape is full of abstraction and artful use of spaces, but with an overall fluidity that holds it together. This second release of the Thirteen Ways trio contains nine band originals that explore the realms of harmonic and rhythmic abstraction, and two that celebrate the work of other pianists: Jaki Byard's cheerful "One Note to My Wife," and Misha Mengelberg's sinuous "Habanera," with flashes of tango-in-cheek from Hersch. Alternately pensive and joyful, the tracks range from the whimsical cacophony of "Bug Music" to the Rio-flavored drive of "Fim de Inverno" and the misty lullaby of "Autumn Eves." Located in the midst of the floating, fluttering expeditions is one of Hersch's most beautiful compositions, "Tango Bittersweet," which is opened up here with Hemingway's subtle brushwork and a soulful lead by Moore. While the general style is free, it's never tentative or self-indulgent -- each note has an elegant logic to it, there is clear pulse and group direction, and the players are intensely empathetic in their response to each other. A clear departure from his most popular style, this CD demonstrates Hersch's versatility and the fact that, no matter how ambiguous the excursion, his signature lyricism informs everything he does. ~ Judith Schlesinger, All Music Guide
Fred Hersch
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Chamber Jazz, Bop, Post-Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Standards
A superior soloist, accompanist, and interpreter of ballads, Fred Hersch started playing piano when he was four. He moved to New York in 1977 and worked as a sideman with many players including Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Toots Thielemans, Art Farmer, Jane Ira Bloom, Eddie Daniels, and Janis Siegel, in addition to leading his own groups. During 1980-1986, he taught at the New England Conservatory and became part of the faculty at the New School. In addition, Hersch has recorded extensively as a leader, including for Sunnyside, Concord, AngelEMI, Red, and Chesky, issuing Songs We Know in 1998. Songs Without Words followed three years later. Since that time, Hersch has remained quite active, releasing a bevy of albums including the three-disc Songs Without Words in 2001, the ambitious Walt Whitman-inspired project Leaves of Grass in 2005, and Night & the Music in 2007. In 2009, Live at Jazz Standard appeared on Sunnyside, billed under the Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
|
CD bolt, zenei DVD, SACD, BLU-RAY lemez vásárlás és rendelés - Klasszikus zenei CD-k és DVD-különlegességek |  | | Webdesign - Forfour Design |
|
|
