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New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Nov. 6

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New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Nov. 6

November 6, 2020 • NPR Music's picks for the best new albums out this week include pure escapism from Kylie Minogue's Disco, the "destructive" pop-rap of Bree Runway, Argentinian bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi and more.

New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Nov. 6

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Toast Of The Nation 2019

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December 31, 2018 • Celebrate the New Year from Blue Note venues around the world, with performances by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Ron Carter, Buika and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

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'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2018

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'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2018

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December 20, 2018 • Friends of the show offer memories and music of pianist Cecil Taylor, Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon, South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and trumpeter Roy Hargrove.

'Jazz Night In America' Remembers Artists We Lost In 2018

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Fred Hersch And The Art Of Introspection

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Jazz Night In America: The Radio Program

Fred Hersch And The Art Of Introspection

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January 19, 2018 • We join the pianist at his loft in SoHo to talk about his upbringing in Cincinnati, late-night gigs in New York, his recovery from a coma in 2008, and his adaptation of Walt Whitman's poetry.

Fred Hersch And The Art Of Introspection

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Sonny Rollins Spent A Mythical 'Night at the Village Vanguard' 60 Years Ago Today

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Sonny Rollins Spent A Mythical 'Night at the Village Vanguard' 60 Years Ago Today

November 3, 2017 • On the 60th anniversary of the touchstone jazz album, Sonny Rollins, Fred Hersch, and others recall the room's magic and its enduring legacy and influence.

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Ring In The New Year With Jazz

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December 30, 2016 • Celebrate the New Year from Blue Note venues around the world. The lineup includes The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joshua Redman and Brad Meldau, Fred Hersch, Ron Carter, Buika and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow

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Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow

July 19, 2014 • The jazz pianist recovered from a coma in 2008 and was back on stage the next year. He hasn't slowed down since, and this month brings his latest album, a trio recording called Floating.

Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow

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Fred Hersch Knows His Trios

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July 10, 2014 • Fred Hersch pulls together jazz piano traditions that have little in common. Kevin Whitehead says the classic piano, bass and drums trio format suits Hersch best of all in a review of Floating.

Fred Hersch Knows His Trios

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Lara Downes' New Viewpoints On Old Variations

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Lara Downes' New Viewpoints On Old Variations

March 21, 2012 • The pianist performs contemporary takes on Bach's Goldberg Variations in the NPR studio

Lara Downes' New Viewpoints On Old Variations

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Songs For The Snowbound

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January 19, 2011 • If you find yourself stuck in the house due to recent snowfall around the country, huddling around the fire has surely become tiresome by now. So why not hover around your computer with some wintry tunes and a cup of tea instead?

After Emerging From Coma, Fred Hersch Plays Again

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After Emerging From Coma, Fred Hersch Plays Again

Fresh Air

August 4, 2010 • In 2008, jazz pianist Fred Hersch slipped into an AIDS-related coma for more than two months. When he came out of the coma, he couldn't walk, eat or play piano. Hersch explains how he rebuilt himself after his illness and composed music for his latest album, Whirl.

After Emerging From Coma, Fred Hersch Plays Again

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The Best Music Of 2009

Take Five's Top 10 Jazz Records Of 2009

December 6, 2009 • Looking back on the year in jazz, much of the focus naturally falls on young talents such as Vijay Iyer. Still, some of 2009's key records also evoked bygone jazz eras with such creativity that they might signal a new wave of New Orleans and Brazilian jazz.

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Fred Hersch: Back On Stage By No Small Miracle

July 25, 2009 • The last year and a half hasn't been easy for the award-winning jazz pianist and composer, who spent months in a coma and almost died. But he has a new album out and is performing again.

Fred Hersch: Back On Stage By No Small Miracle

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Fred Hersch Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

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Fred Hersch Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

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July 22, 2009 • A prolific, conceptually ambitious musician, the pianist spent more than two months of 2008 comatose in the hospital. Thankfully, he's made a full recovery. He proved it with his trio live on stage.

Fred Hersch Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

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'Live' With The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra

Fresh Air

July 10, 2009 • Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new album from the prolific composer and pianist Fred Hersch. It's called Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra, Live at the Jazz Standard.

'Live' With The Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra

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Fred Hersch Interprets 'Leaves of Grass'

June 28, 2005 • Pianist and composer Fred Hersch has created his own jazz-infused arrangement of texts from Walt Whitman's exultant poem Leaves of Grass. We take you to Zankel Hall for the New York premiere.

Fred Hersch Interprets 'Leaves of Grass'

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Renée Fleming: 'Haunted Heart'

June 3, 2005 • Lyric soprano Renée Fleming is a familiar face on the world's greatest opera stages, but on her latest CD, Haunted Heart, she makes a leap to the worlds of jazz, pop and folk. She talks with NPR's Fred Child about her foray into non-operatic territory.

Renée Fleming: 'Haunted Heart'

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Pianist, Composer Fred Hersch: 'Leaves of Grass'

Fresh Air

March 9, 2005 • In his 30-year career, musician Fred Hersch has performed in solo, duo, trio and quintet settings. In 2003 he received the prestigious Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, which he used to work on his latest project, Leaves of Grass. For it, Hersch leads a 10-piece ensemble, which includes vocalists singing the words of Walt Whitman set to compositions by Hersch. He is touring the ensemble this month.

Pianist, Composer Fred Hersch: 'Leaves of Grass'

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Fred Hersch, Setting Whitman to Music

March 15, 2004 • Acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch has more than 20 recordings and two Grammy nominations to his credit. Over the last three decades, Hersch says he's drawn much inspiration from the works of poet Walt Whitman. It's the latest story in Intersections, a series on artists and their inspirations. Jeff Lunden reports.

Fred Hersch, Setting Whitman to Music

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