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Hersch began playing piano at a very young age. He studied at Grinnell College in the mid 1970s and began playing in jazz clubs in Cincinnati. He later graduated from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His teachers included Sophia Rosoff. He moved to New York City in the late 1970s where he soon found a place playing with artists including Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, and Charlie Haden. The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest independent conservatory in the United States. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Sophia Rosoff is an American pianist and educator, and a founder of the Abby Whiteside Foundation. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... Stanley Gayetsky (February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California), usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz musician. ... Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Lee Konitz (born 1927 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz composer and saxophone player. ... Charlie Haden, Pescara Italy 1990 Charles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is a jazz double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ...

Hersch soon began recording his own records and composing music. Like a number of jazz pianists who have come of age over the past 20 years, he is strongly influenced by the work of Bill Evans, though Hersch has also been at pains to distance himself from Evans' influence. Although Hersch has played in a number of different instrumental combinations, he also plays as a solo performer, and many of his albums--such as Live at the Bimhuis (2005)--are solo recitals. In 2006 he was invitated by club owner Lorraine Gordon to perform the first-ever solo piano booking at the legendary Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City. William John Evans, (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous jazz pianists of the 20th century; he remains one of the major influences on post-1950s jazz piano. ... The Village Vanguard is a famous jazz club, located at 178 Seventh Avenue (just below W 11th St. ...

Hersch's also works as a vocal accompanist and has recently recorded duo work with Jay Clayton, Nancy King, and Karin Oberlin. Jay Clayton (born October 28, 1941 in Youngstown, Ohio, as Judith Colantone) is an internationally acclaimed avant-garde vocalist and jazz educator. ...

In 1986 he was diagnosed with HIV. Since then, Hersch has campaigned and performed for several AIDS-related charities and causes. Along with Gary Burton and Andy Bey, Hersch is one of the few openly gay jazz musicians. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Gary Burton (born on 23 January 1943 in Anderson, Indiana) is a jazz vibraphone player, known for developing the then-innovative technique of playing the instrument with four mallets, rather than the usual two. ... Andrew W. Bey (born October 28, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey) is a jazz singer and pianist. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

He is also a music educator, having taught at the New School University, Manhattan School of Music, Western Michigan University, and his alma mater, the New England Conservatory. The New School is an institution of higher learning in New York City. ... The Manhattan School of Music is one of Americas leading music conservatories located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition. ... Western Michigan University (abbr. ...

Discography

• Horizons (1984)
• Sarabande (1986)
• E.T.C. (1988)
• Heartsongs (1989)
• The French Collection (1989)
• Short Stories (1989) with Janis Siegel
• Evanessence: A Tribute to Bill Evans (1990)
• Forward Motion (1991)
• Red Square Blue: Jazz Impressions of Russian Composers (1992)
• Dancing in the Dark (1992)
• Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 31 (1993)
• The Fred Hersch Trio Plays (1994)
• I Never Told You: Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel (1994)
• Point in Time (1995)
• Plays Billy Strayhorn (1995)
• Beautiful Love (1995) with Jay Clatyon
• Slow Hot Wind (1995) with Janis Siegel
• Passion Flower (1996)
• Plays Rodgers & Hammerstein (1996)
• Thelonious (1997)
• The Duo Album (1997)
• Thirteen Ways (1997)
• Songs We Know (1998) with Bill Frisell
• Let Yourself Go: Live at Jordan Hall (1999)
• Focus (2000) with Michael Moore and Gerry Hemingway
• Songs without Words (2002)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (2003)
• Songs and Lullabies (2003) with Norma Winstone and Gary Burton
• Fred Hersch Trio + 2 (2004) with Ralph Alessi and Tony Malaby
• Leaves of Grass (2005)
• Live at the Bimhuis (2005)
• Fred Hersch Trio Night and the Music (2007)

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See also

• List of jazz pianists

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External link

• Official Website