Nice news:  I have again been nominated as Jazz Pianist of the Year 2013 by the Jazz Journalists Association.  Check my tour page for upcoming gigs...Happy Spring!

I am thrilled that the Columbia University Program in Narrative Medicine will present my jazz-theater piece My Coma Dreams at the Miller Theatre at Columbia for two shows on March 2nd.  For more information: http://mycomadreams.com/blog

The Fred Hersch Trio-Alive At The Vanguard”  has been awarded the Grand Prix - Catégorie Jazz - for 2012 by the French Académie Charles Cros, which is the oldest and most prestigious institution in France giving awards to records, founded in 1947.

The 2-disc trio set "Alive at the Vanguard" is out now on Palmetto Records!  We will be celebrating the release at the Vanguard Sept 11-16 and touring in the US this month.  For tour dates, please check out the Tour Page - and you can order the CD HERE or from Amazon or iTunes.  Thanks for your support!

The press has weighed in –
» read what the critics are saying about Alive at the Vanguard

www.palmetto-records.com/album.php?album=188

This is mostly about my early days in New York from his Do The Math Blog:
http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/interview-with-fred-hersch.html

Bee Jazz (France) has just released "Da Vinci", my duo CD with the wonderful Italian clarinetist Nico Gori.  He is really remarkable!  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=nico+gori

This is really well done!
http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/2012_v1/webf/hersch.html

Go to the "Music" page and you will find 4 new videos of my trio (with John Hébert on bass and Eric McPherson on drums) shot in Muri, Switzerland from Fred's 8-country trio tour in November 2011.

"Alone at the Vanguard" has been nominated for two 2120 Grammy Awards:  for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance (for the entire CD) and for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the track "Work" by Thelonious Monk.  These are Fred's 4th and 5th Grammy nominations.  Grammys are telecast on February 12th.

This is a wonderful article by Larry Blumenfeld.  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576643430805379272.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

This is very nicely done.
http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/fred-hersch-just-hear-what-happens-next

Please go to www.mycomadreams.com to read about the show, check out blog posts and see and hear clips.

An exhibit of original music manuscripts, collected folk and fine art, video and audio opens on September 8th and runs through October 29th at Apexart, 291 Church Street between Walker and White in Tribeca from 11am-6pm.

Fred has placed #4 in the Critics' Poll for Best Pianist of the Year.

Fred has been awarded Jazz Pianist of the Year 2011 by The Jazz Journalists' Association.  To see the full list of winners go to http:///www.jjajazzawards.org/p/2011-nominees.html

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/arts/music/06PLAYLIST.html
 
All Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com/album/alone-at-the-vanguard-r2124397
 
All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=38798

Palmetto Records has just released "Alone at the Vanguard", recorded in December 2010 at the legendary club.  Though we recorded six nights and twelve sets, this disc contains, in its entirety, the twelfth and final set of the week. 
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GIVKW4/ref=s9_simh_bw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1537GN7GECWZAN0JNG2N&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1280261722&pf_rd_i=5174

Edition Peters has just published my intermediate-level piano arrangement of my composition "Valentine".  (No improvising required!).  This piece was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition.  http://www.edition-peters.com/php/main_search.php

Available now! The Fred Hersch Trio's new CD Whirl.
» Read "What The Critics Are Saying About Whirl"
» order it @ Amazon

» Visit the Fred Hersch page on NPR for interview with Fred on "Fresh Air", "All Things Considered", "Live at the Village Vanguard" and other programs.