Pianist Fred Hersch

Authentic individuality

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 5/5/2010

In recent years jazz has fragmented into many pseudo-movements. Some of the best players on the scene, however, have refused to wear stylistic blinkers and have created new approaches by openly embracing many elements from the present and the past. Among pianists, the most influential such musician is Fred Hersch, whose iconoclastic pursuit of a personal vision

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