Thelonious: Fred Hersch Plays Monk

Fred Hersch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 1998)
• Original Release Date: January 13, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B000005J4R
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,030 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mo Better Monk, February 2, 2000

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Paul Howe (Maple Shade, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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If I told you these interpretations sounded like a great concert pianist playing Debussy, would you please also remember that I think Monk would have loved every second? There's very little of the dance on this disc, but there is plenty of the rhythmic dialogue between sound and silence that Monk mined so richly. Hersch's touch creates breathtaking sounds, and his re-thinking of open spaces (never has Misterioso sounded so enigmatic) owes its debt to the master while touching new territory as well. This, along with Steve Lacy's, Bill Holman's, and Bud Powell's tributes, makes my list of essential Monk cover discs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tribute, February 3, 2006

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Pablo Schlesinger (Bogota COLOMBIA) - See all my reviews
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I heard Fred hersch back in 1997 in New England Conservatory when I was music student at Berklee College, he is an incredible piano player at his best in the piano solo format, his harmonic thinking is beyond the scope, also the way he makes the music flows is incredible. If you like more introspective type of playing this CD is for you. Listen also his CD Live at Maybeck

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't stop listening, November 25, 2009

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Crepe-suzette (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

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I discovered this cd sitting on the shelf of an apartment that I was renting and I can't stop listening to it. I am a huge fan of Thelonious Monk and agree with the other reviewers that Hersch lacks the swing of Monk, but makes up for it by his own unique minimalism. I love the sparseness of his playing, distilling Monk into a haunting Zen experience. It's all I want to listen to right now.