CD/ Digipak
"Perhaps it is the proliferation of grace notes, lush left hand harmonies or rubato digressions, but much of Hersch's music, no matter how technically proficient, has seemed wrapped in a gauzy layer of lyricism. In terms of publicity, this means that his has not been the most commanding presence on the scene. But among a handful of today's most popular jazz pianists, from Ethan Iverson to Brad Mehldau, entire swaths of work are cribbed almost entirely from a contemporary, composite style forged in Hersch's laboratory. This performance is a clear-as-day claim-staking by an artist at the height of his powers, a clarion call that all these other latecomers are on notice. - Charles Walker, All About Jazz.
Personnel:
FRED HERSCH solo piano
Tracks:
01. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
02. Down Home
03. Echoes
04. Lee's Dream
05. Pastorale
06. Doce de Coco
07. Memories of You
08. Work; Encore
09. Doxy