{"id":7923,"date":"2016-10-31T18:07:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T01:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2016-10-31T18:07:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T01:07:48","slug":"monday-recommendation-fred-hersch-trio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/10\/monday-recommendation-fred-hersch-trio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Fred Hersch Trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fred Hersch Trio<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2e70qjd\"target=\"_blank\">Floating<\/a> (Palmetto)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/71wkGGPBu4L._SX522_-e1477962223747.jpg\" alt=\"71wkggpbu4l-_sx522_\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7924\" \/>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure how this 2014 CD ended up in the holding pen for so long, but I am delighted that it finally called to me from the stacks.  With his celebrated keyboard touch and control, the pianist floats even through the trio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s zestful 12\/8 approach to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You &#038; The Night &#038; The Music.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In the title tune the twinkle of Hersch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s single high notes contrasts with the relaxed feel as drummer Eric McPherson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brushes agreeably offset the time. Hersch, McPherson and bassist John H\u00c3\u00a9bert had just finished a run at the Village Vanguard when they went into the studio for this recording. They have, if anything, an even tighter collective aspect than in their 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2egyz3w\"target=\"_blank\">Alive At The Village Vanguard<\/a>. Hersch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seven new compositions balance nicely with originals by Dietz &#038; Schwartz and Lerner and Lowe, and with Thelonious Monk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cool One.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Hersch Trio, Floating (Palmetto) I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure how this 2014 CD ended up in the holding pen for so long, but I am delighted that it finally called to me from the stacks. With his celebrated keyboard touch and control, the pianist floats even through the trio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s zestful 12\/8 approach to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You &#038; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}