Fred Hersch
As leader/co-leader

Fred Hersch

Section Title: As leader/co-leader
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Year	Title	Label	Line-up and notes

1984	Horizons	Concord Jazz	Trio with Charlie Haden and Joey Baron

1984	As One	JMT	Duo with Jane Ira Bloom (soprano sax)

1986	Sarabande	Sunnyside	Trio with Charlie Haden and Joey Baron

1988	E.T.C.	Red	Trio E.T.C. with Steve LaSpina and Jeff Hirshfield

1989	Heartsongs	Sunnyside	Trio with Michael Formanek and Jeff Hirshfield

1989	The French Collection (Jazz Impressions of French Classics)	EMI Angel	Trio with Steve LaSpina, Joey Baron and guests: James Newton, Kevin Eubanks, Toots Thielemans, Eddie Daniels

1989	Short Stories	Atlantic	Quartet co-led by Janis Siegel plus Harvie Swartz (bass) and Kris Yenny (cello); Siegel was a Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Performance

1990	Evanessence: A Tribute to Bill Evans	Evidence	Trio with Michael Formanek or Marc Johnson, Jeff Hirshfield and guests: Gary Burton, Toots Thielemans

1991	E.T.C. Plus One	Red	Quartet, trio E.T.C. with Steve LaSpina and Jeff Hirshfield plus Jerry Bergonzi (tenor saxophone)

1991	Forward Motion	Chesky	Quintet with Rich Perry (tenor sax), Erik Friedlander (cello), Scott Colley (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums)

1992	Dancing in the Dark	Chesky	Trio with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey; Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group

1993	Red Square Blue: Jazz Impressions of Russian Composers	EMI Angel	Trio with Steve LaSpina, Jeff Hirshfield and guests: James Newton, Toots Thielemans, Phil Woods, Erik Friedlander

1993	Fred Hersch at Maybeck	Concord Jazz	Solo piano, in concert

1994	Plays...	Chesky	Trio with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey

1995	Point in Time	Enja	Trio with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey, and quintet adding Dave Douglas (trumpet), Rich Perry (tenor saxophone) on half of the tracks

1995	Beautiful Love	Sunnyside	Duo with Jay Clayton (vocals)

1995	Slow Hot Wind	Varèse Sarabande	Duo with Janis Siegel, and quartet with Tony Dumas and Ralph Penland added

1995	I Never Told You: Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel	Varèse Sarabande	Solo piano; Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group

1996	Passion Flower - The Music of Billy Strayhorn	Nonesuch	Trio with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey plus string orchestra conducted by Eric Stern; one track is a duo with Nurit Tilles (piano); Chief Bey (vocals) added for one track

1996	Plays Rodgers & Hammerstein	Nonesuch	Solo piano

1997	The Duo Album	Classical Action	Duos with Jim Hall, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Gary Burton, Janis Siegel a.o.

1997	Thirteen Ways	GM	Trio Thirteen Ways with Michael Moore and Gerry Hemingway

1998	Plays Thelonious Monk	Nonesuch	Solo piano

1998	Songs We Know	Nonesuch	Duo with Bill Frisell (guitar)

1998	Let Yourself Go: Live at Jordan Hall	Nonesuch	Solo piano, in concert

1999	Focus	Palmetto	Trio Thirteen Ways with Michael Moore and Gerry Hemingway

2000	4 in Perspective	Village Life	Quartet with Norma Winstone (vocals), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet) and Paul Clarvis (percussion)

2000	Songs without Words	Nonesuch	Solo, with few duo, trio and quintet tracks; 3 cd set, Vol. 1 with originals, 2nd with standards and 3rd tributed to Cole Porter

2002	Live at the Village Vanguard	Palmetto	Trio with Drew Gress and Nasheet Waits in concert

2003	Songs and Lullabies	Sunnyside	Duo with Norma Winstone; three tracks with Gary Burton added

2003	Fred Hersch Trio + 2	Palmetto	Quintet with Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits plus Ralph Alessi (trumpet, flugelhorn) and Tony Malaby (tenor sax)

2003	Soothing the Senses	Sensory Resources	Solo piano

2005	Leaves of Grass	Palmetto	Octet with four horns featuring vocalists Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry singing lyrics by Walt Whitman

2005	In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis	Palmetto	Solo piano, in concert; "Valentine" got Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition

2006	Live at Jazz Standard	Maxjazz	Duo with Nancy King; Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album

2007	Night & the Music	Palmetto	Trio with Drew Gress and Nasheet Waits

2007	Concert Music 2001-2006	Naxos	Solo, duo and trio interpretations of compositions by Hersch with pianists Natasha Paremski, Blair McMillen, the Gramercy Trio, and Hersch himself with cellist Dorothy Lawson on one track

2009	Live at Jazz Standard	Sunnyside	Quartet with Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Richie Barshay (percussion) and Jo Lawry (vocals), in concert

2009	Plays Jobim	Sunnyside	Solo piano

2010	Whirl	Palmetto	Trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson

2010	Everybody's Song but My Own	Venus	Trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson

2011	Alone at the Vanguard	Palmetto	Solo piano; Grammy Award nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Work"; DownBeat named it one of the Best CDs of 2012

2012	Da Vinci	Bee Jazz	Duo with Nico Gori

2012	Alive at the Vanguard	Palmetto	Trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson

2013	Free Flying	Palmetto	Duo with Julian Lage (guitar); Grammy Award nomination for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "Song Without Words #4: Duet"

2013	Only Many	CAM Jazz	Duo with Ralph Alessi

2014	Floating	Palmetto	Trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson; Two Grammy Award nominees for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "You and the Night and the Music"

2015	Solo	Palmetto	Solo piano

2016	Sunday Night at the Vanguard	Palmetto	Trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson; Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "We See"

2017	Open Book	Palmetto	Solo piano

2018	'97 @ The Village Vanguard	Palmetto	Trio with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey in concert, recorded live in 1997

2018	Live in Europe	Palmetto	Trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson; Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "We See" (again)

Sentence(s)

In 2015, Fred Hersch created Leaves of Grass (Palmetto Records), a setting of Walt Whitman's poetry for two voices (Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry).

final_sentence: In 2015, Fred Hersch created Leaves of Grass (Palmetto Records), a setting of Walt Whitman's poetry for two voices (Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry).