Fred Hersch - In Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis
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Artist: Fred HerschEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-02-21
Music Label: Palmetto Records
Soundtracks:
- A Lark
- The Nearness Of You
- Evidence
- At The Close Of The Day
- O Grande Amor
- The Peacocks
- Don't Blame Me
- Valentine
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Music Review: An Introduction to Intimate Interpretation
Rating: 5 Stars
Let's cut to the chase here: Why buy this?
1. The music is personal and technical at the same time.
Ok, in music there are two schools: touch and techncality. Those at the extreme of each do not venture into the other realm. Some musicians are so technically superb that they do not let the spontenaety of emotion add to thier work. In the other camp, some pianists are so emotional they squeak and miss notes trying to make the music "float".
On this recording, Mr. Hersch combines both schools correctly. He has a tinge of Keith Jarret(Koln Concert), Ahmad Jamal (The Awakening), Bill Evans (Since We Met), and the spacial qualities of Thelonious Monk. On this album, he's addresses all schools and does a great job at it.
2. This was one great engineering job.
How many instances have you suffered the sorrows of a good performance with a bad sound quality. Much like the touch/technics problem mentioned above; another great challenge of any recording is great performance/production. There are a few greats in this line: Sunday At The Village Vanguard (Bill Evans), Blue Train (John Coltrane), Piano Reflections (aka Duke Plays Ellington) (Duke Ellington), and many more.
This album is a marriage of music and mastering. The natural reverb of the new Stienway at the Bimhius is easily captured here. In addition, you can tell the room is medium-sized (listen to the slight compression of the monsterous chords in the middle section of A Lark). The applause is clear and has no distortion; it's easy to hear the harmonics of the piano and the dynamics he plays. I haven't heard a recently-recorded piece sound this good in YEARS!
3. The selections allow you to see what Fred can do.
It's easy to record an album (ok, I still listen to 'wax') that uses all new recording you create to showcase you abilities. That's fine with me. However, to me--if you can recreate the magic in the standards; you can easily win my acclaim by shoving yourself into a mold cast in the past and recreating the shape of that music.
Put another way: listen to Fred play The Peacocks. Until this recording, Bill Evans (You Must Believe in Spring) was my ultimate version--to me, Fred might have beaten that version. Fred allows you to fully experience the music by taking his time and allows the music to capture your soul.
To be brief: This CD shocked me! I never planned to buy it; but now I can't put it down. I'm hoping that he will be in my area so I can catch him.
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