Mentioned in passing as an accompanist elsewhere, now for real

[jazzboCR]

One of the best modern pianists--will lend his time and talents to any worthy project...but has a robust personal career. Fred Hersch The pride of Cincinnatti, he's composed Classical music also. His Wiki: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2314792/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 His discog as leader: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fred-hers...iscography * << 30 years of top-rank excellence. His Site: http://www.fredhersch.com/ << Opens with music albeit low-key

Tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL9zmiz3Glw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2v2_TiBijE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw58HK3GYAg << 54K views say you're not a pioneer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dianRYQMK8U << Makes every song his own, even a jazz warhorse like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVk_CA0ha8M

BONUS: 1-hour of jazz pros doing Russian composers--issued on a Classical label: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBq2htOBrE

* Look at his DVD, a marvelous jazz/art piece. A review and comment from the Usual Suspect: http://www.amazon.com/Coma-Dreams-Fred-H...oma+dreams

Note to Euro folks: he's doing a 2-week tour of Europe in April '15--he doesn't tour often; may be your last chance to hear him live for a long while