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This will be Hersch's first ever visit to Ireland, he'll be joined by bassist John Herbert and drummer Eric McPherson.
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Its right to see jazz as an instinctive form of expression, but an erudite mind can always be found at work within its most eloquent statements. Fred Hersch is such a musician, deftly balancing the cerebral and emotive to create only beautiful music.
A child of the 1950[FONT="]’[/FONT]s, Hersch[FONT="]’[/FONT]s early musical journey took him from his native Cincinnati to Boston[FONT="]’[/FONT]s famed New England Conservatory, where formal studies were the overture to a rigorous apprenticeship in late 70s New York with musicians like Stan Getz and Joe Henderson. As such, he[FONT="]’[/FONT]s an increasingly important bridge to that generation of jazz icons, quite apart from his own persuasive contribution to the jazz piano lexicon.
From the mid 80s onwards, his evolution has been stately, eschewing any histrionics in favour of a deeply refined classicism. He[FONT="]’[/FONT]s been prolific too, quietly amassing a broad discography that embraces many constellations, like Leaves Of Grass, a magnificently realized large group homage to the American poet Walt Whitman, and a remarkable output of exceptionally lyrical solo recordings, the seventh of which is Live at The Bimhuis (2005, Palmetto).
Be it in peerless solo performance, or in trio as he appears for this debut Irish tour, a constant throughout has been the Broadway standard, especially the ballads, an environment conducive to Hersch[FONT="]’[/FONT]s taste for rhapsody. But nor is he averse to swinging with aprobing urgency, that other constant of Manhattan musical life, a sentiment shared by two other leading New York musicians in bassist John Hebert and drummer Eric McPherson.
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Improvised Music Company
Present
From New York
Fred Hersch Trio
Fred Hersch-piano John Hebert-bass Eric McPherson-drums
"A modern master" - Downbeat
"A pristine pianist with a poet's soul” - The Boston Globe
November 2007 Tour
Thursday 15th 8pm Aula Maxima NUI Galway, University Road Galway
Adm €18/14/5 tel 091 705962 (9am- 1pm) & Opus 2, St. Augustine Street , Galway
Friday 16th 8pm Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street Cork
Adm: €20/18 tel 021 427 2022 & www.triskelart.com
Saturday 17th 8pm Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire
Adm: €20/18tel 01 231 2929 also available @ Claddagh Records Cecilia Street Temple Bar Dublin 2
Its right to see jazz as an instinctive form of expression, but an erudite mind can always be found at work within its most eloquent statements. Fred Hersch is such a musician, deftly balancing the cerebral and emotive to create only beautiful music.
A child of the 1950[FONT="]’[/FONT]s, Hersch[FONT="]’[/FONT]s early musical journey took him from his native Cincinnati to Boston[FONT="]’[/FONT]s famed New England Conservatory, where formal studies were the overture to a rigorous apprenticeship in late 70s New York with musicians like Stan Getz and Joe Henderson. As such, he[FONT="]’[/FONT]s an increasingly important bridge to that generation of jazz icons, quite apart from his own persuasive contribution to the jazz piano lexicon.
From the mid 80s onwards, his evolution has been stately, eschewing any histrionics in favour of a deeply refined classicism. He[FONT="]’[/FONT]s been prolific too, quietly amassing a broad discography that embraces many constellations, like Leaves Of Grass, a magnificently realized large group homage to the American poet Walt Whitman, and a remarkable output of exceptionally lyrical solo recordings, the seventh of which is Live at The Bimhuis (2005, Palmetto).
Be it in peerless solo performance, or in trio as he appears for this debut Irish tour, a constant throughout has been the Broadway standard, especially the ballads, an environment conducive to Hersch[FONT="]’[/FONT]s taste for rhapsody. But nor is he averse to swinging with aprobing urgency, that other constant of Manhattan musical life, a sentiment shared by two other leading New York musicians in bassist John Hebert and drummer Eric McPherson.
