Fred Hersch

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The most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade.

—Vanity Fair

A living legend.

—New Yorker

An acclaimed jazz pianist, Fred Hersch is an influential creative force who has shaped the course of jazz over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator, and recording artist. Hersch has some 50 albums to his credit as a bandleader or co-leader, and he is a 17-time Grammy nominee, including two nominations in 2024 for his record with Esparanza Spalding, Alive at the Village Vanguard. He continues to earn jazz’s most prestigious awards, including distinctions as a 2016 Doris Duke Artist and a three-time Pianist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association.