Fred Hersch
Songs List
Down Beat: 4 Stars - Very Good - "...ideas and panache. His strong suit is a keen ear for superb melody....Ripe legato phrasing may mask his subtly off-the-beat measures and ambling lyricism..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Embraceable You
- 2.Haunted Heart
- 3.In Walked Bud
- 4.You Don't Know What Love Is
- 5.If I Loved You
- 6.Heartsong
- 7.Ev'rything I Love
- 8.Sarabande
- 9.The Song Is You
- 10.Ramblin'
- 11.Body and Soul
Down Beat: 4 stars out of 5 - "While the cadence of Whitman's words often take the singer far from his swinging comfort zone, the direct nature of his delivery and innate theatricality allow him to embody the lyrics."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Riddle Song, A (Overture)
- 2.Song of the Universal
- 3.Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand
- 4.Part I (I Celebrate Myself)
- 5.Part II (A Child Said, What Is the Grass?)
- 6.Part III (A Learner With the Simplest)
- 7.Part IV (I Exist as I Am)
- 8.Part V (I Am He That Walks)
- 9.Part VI (Through Me Forbidden Voices)
- 10.Part VII (Now I Will Do Nothing But Listen)
- 11.Part VIII (I Believe a Leaf of Grass)
- 12.Part IX (I Fly Those Flights)
- 13.Part X (My Lovers Suffocate Me)
- 14.Part XI (Why Should I Wish to See God)
- 15.The Mystic Trumpeter
- 16.At the Close of the Day (Instrumental)
- 17.To You / Perfections
- 18.The Sleepers
- 19.Spirit That Form'd This Scene / On The Beach At Night Alone (Interlude)
- 20.After the Dazzle of Day
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Man I Love
- 2.Fall
- 3.Lullabye
- 4.Free for Three
- 5.Heartsong
- 6.Infant Eyes
- 7.Beam Me Up
- 8.I Mean You
- 9.Evanessence
- 10.Rain
- 11.Waltz
Down Beat: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[Hersch] plays these with restraint, delicate pedaling and a multi-layered approach that moves gracefully....
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.You're My Everything
- 2.Snow is Falling...
- 3.Blue Midnight
- 4.Skipping
- 5.Mandevilla
- 6.When Your Lover Has Gone
- 7.Whirl
- 8.Sad Poet
- 9.Mrs. Parker of K.C.
- 10.Still Here
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Hushes
- 2.Ronchamp
- 3.Strange Loop
- 4.Fun House
- 5.Rayon Vert, Le
- 6.Night For Day
- 7.One is Several
- 8.Tide
- 9.Two Lakes
- 10.Lonely Woman
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 3.Song Without Words, Pt. 4: Duet
- 4.Light Years
- 5.Down Home
- 6.Invitation to the Dance [Sarabande]
- 7.Lee's Dream
- 8.Canzona
- 9.Free Flying
- 10.Wish (Valentine)
- 1.Stuttering
- 2.Child's Song
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Begin Again
- 2.Awakened Heart
- 3.Breath by Breath
- 4.Monkey Mind
- 5.Rising, Falling
- 6.Mara
- 7.Know That You Are
- 8.Worldly Winds
- 9.Pastorale (Homage A Robert Schumann)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Begin Again
- 2.Song Without Words #2 Ballad
- 3.Havana
- 4.Out Someplace (Blues For Matthew Shepard)
- 5.Pastorale
- 6.Rain Waltz
- 7.The Big Easy
- 8.Forward Motion
- 9.The Orb (For Scott)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.We See
- 2.Snape Maltings
- 3.Scuttlers
- 4.Skipping
- 5.Bristol Fog (For John Taylor)
- 6.Newklypso (For Sonny Rollins)
- 7.Big Easy, The (For Tom Piazza)
- 8.Miyako
- 9.Black Nile
- 10.Blue Monk [Solo Encore]
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.The Orb
- 2.Whisper Not
- 3.Zingaro
- 4.Through the Forest
- 5.Plainsong
- 6.Eronel
- 7.And So It Goes
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.You & the Night & the Music
- 2.Floating
- 3.West Virginia Rose
- 4.Home Fries
- 5.Far Away
- 6.Arcata
- 7.A Speech to the Sea
- 8.Autumn Haze
- 9.If Ever I Would Leave You
- 10.Let's Cool One
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Ride
- 2.Hands
- 3.San Francisco Holiday
- 4.Peering
- 5.Humdrum
- 6.The Cadence They Create
- 7.Calder
- 8.Only Many
- 9.Campbell
- 10.1st Dog
- 11.Floating Head Syndrome
- 12.Blue Midnight
- 13.Someone Digging in the Ground
- 14.Snap
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Beautiful Love
- 2.You Don't Know What Love Is
- 3.My Heart Stood Still
- 4.So in Love
- 5.Day by Day
- 6.Wild Is the Wind
- 7.Everything I Love
- 8.Footprints
- 9.Blame It on My Youth
- 10.I Love You
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.You Are My Everything
- 2.Snow Is Falling
- 3.Blue Midnight
- 4.Skipping
- 5.Mandevilla
- 6.When Your Lover Has Gone
- 7.Whirl
- 8.Sad Poet
- 9.Mrs. Parker of K.C.
- 10.Still Here
- Tracks of Disc 2
- 1.Havana
- 2.Segment
- 3.Lonely Woman
- 4.Dream of Monk
- 5.Rising, Falling
- 6.Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
- 7.Doxy
- Tracks of Disc 3
- 1.Opener
- 2.I Fall In Love Too Easily
- 3.Jackalope
- 4.The Wind/Moon And Sand
- 5.Sartorial
- 6.From This Moment On
- 7.The Song Is You/Played Twice
- Tracks of Disc 4
- 1.You & The Night & The Music
- 2.Floating
- 3.West Virginia Rose
- 4.Home Fries
- 5.Far Away
- 6.Arcata
- 7.A Speech To The Sea
- 8.Autumn Haze
- 9.If Ever I Would Leave You
- 10.Let's Cool One
- Tracks of Disc 5
- 1.A Cockeyed Optimist
- 2.Serpentine
- 3.The Optimum Thing
- 4.Calligram
- 5.Blackwing Palomino
- 6.For No One
- 7.Everybody's Song But My Own
- 8.The Peacocks
- 9.We See
- 10.Solo Encore: Valentine
- Tracks of Disc 6
- 1.We See
- 2.Snape Maltings
- 3.Scuttlers
- 4.Skipping
- 5.Bristol Fog
- 6.Newklypso
- 7.The Big Easy
- 8.Miyako
- 9.Black Nile
- 10.Solo Encore: Blue Monk
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.'Round Midnight
- 2.In Walked Bud
- 3.Crepuscule With Nellie / Reflections
- 4.Think of One
- 5.Ask Me Now
- 6.Evidence
- 7.Five Views of Misterioso
- 8.Let's Cool One
- 9.Bemsha Swing
- 10.Light Blue / Pannonica
- 11.I Mean You
- 12.'Round Midnight - (reprise)
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.I Have Dreamed
- 2.Enfant
- 3.The Peacocks
- 4.What Is This Thing Called Love?
- 5.Sarabande
- 6.The Heart Of Mine
- 7.Child's Song
- 8.Blue In Green
- 9.Cadences
Down Beat: 4 stars out of 5 -- "On 'Insensatez,' Hersch plays with such clarity and graceful concision, he creates the feeling of words being set down in a letter..."
- Tracks of Disc 1
- 1.Por Toda Minha Vida
- 2.O Grande Amor
- 3.Luiza
- 4.Medita‡ao
- 5.Insensatez
- 6.Brigas Nunca Mais
- 7.Modinha / Olha Maria
- 8.Desafinado
- 9.Corcovado
- MatchFred Hersch
- 100%Brad Mehldau
- 86%Enrico Pieranunzi
- 58%Keith Jarrett
- 58%Kenny Barron
- 55%Paul Bley
- 53%Gonzalo Rubalcaba
- 51%Geri Allen
- 51%Joe Lovano
- 47%Hank Jones
- 46%Charles Lloyd
- 45%Ahmad Jamal
- 45%Bill Evans
- 45%Oscar Peterson
- 44%Tommy Flanagan
- 43%Charlie Haden