Fred Hersch

Breath By Breath (PM2198)

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Breath By Breath

Fred Hersch

Palmetto

753957219819

PMT 167073

PM2198

JAZZ

1

CD 16,98 €

DIGIPACK EDITION

Iconic pianist/composer Fred Hersch was an early adopter of new technologies and new ways forward when the pandemic hit in early 2020. But he's also been among the most eager to return to live performance and collaboration now that life has begun to resume some semblance of normality. In August he returned to the studio to record one of his most ambitious projects to date: Breath By Breath, his first album ever pairing jazz rhythm section with string quartet. Breath By Breath draws inspiration from the pianist's longtime practice of mindfulness meditation, centered on the new eight-movement "Sati Suite." But while the album is certainly contemplative and lustrous, it's far from being merely an ambient backdrop for blissful relaxation - the music on Breath By Breath is as fully engaged and emotionally rich as any that Hersch has made over the course of his remarkable career.

PERSONNEL:

  • Fred Hersch (piano)
  • Drew Gress (bass)
  • Jody Redhage Ferber (cello)
  • Jochen Rueckert (drums)
  • Rogerio Boccato (percussion)
  • Franky Rousseau
  • Lois Martin (viola)
  • Joyce Hammann, Laura Seaton (violin)

Recorded in New York, August 24-25, 2021

TRACKS:

  • 01. Begin Again
  • 02. Awakened Heart
  • 03. Breath By Breath
  • 04. Monkey Mind
  • 05. Rising, Falling
  • 06. Mara
  • 07. Know That You Are
  • 08. Worldly Winds
  • 09. Consolation (A Folk Song)