Fred Hersch Discography
Part 1: As leader :

Songs We Know (Nonesuch 79468-2)
Fred Hersch, piano ; Bill Frisell, guitar
Recorded at Mobius Music, San Francisco.
It might as well be Spring (3:09) -- There is no greater love (4:48) -- Someday my prince will come (6:07) -- Softly as in a morning sunrise (3:48) -- Blue monk (5:31) -- My one and only love (5:55) -- My little suede shoes (5:32) -- Yesterdays (6:23) -- I got rhythm (5:11) -- Wave (6:35) -- What is this thing called love? (4:26).

Thelonious : Fred Hersch Plays Monk (Nonesuch 79456-2) +
Fred Hersch, piano.
Recorded Feb. 1997, Stamford, CT.
'Round midnight (3:44) -- In walked Bud (4:48) -- Crepuscule with Nellie/Reflections (4:51) -- Think of one (3:11) -- Ask me now (5:30) -- Evidence (3:31) -- Five views of misterioso (7:01) -- Let's cool one (4:50) -- Bemsha swing (3:16) -- Light blue/Pannonica (6:07) -- I mean you (4:17) -- 'Round midnight reprise (1:40).

The Duo Album : Fred Hersch & Friends (Classical Action CA 1002)+
Recorded July-September 1997 in Paramus, NJ and New York City.
Beautiful love [Gary Burton, vibraphone] (4:50) -- Polkadots & moonbeams [Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone] (6:14) -- I can't give you anything but love [Diana Krall, vocal] (5:47) -- Embraceable you [Tommy Flanagan, piano] (6:03) -- Alone together [Andy Bey, vocal] (7:03) -- There will never be another you [Tom Rainey, snare drum] (3:05) -- Just friends [Lee Konitz, alto saxophone] (4:53) -- In a sentimental mood [Jim Hall, guitar] (8:00) -- My heart stood still [Drew Gress, bass] (5:35) -- Gentle rain [Kenny Barron, piano] (6:36) -- Namely you [Tom Harrell, flugelhorn] (5:02) -- The nearness of you [Janis Siegel, vocal] (5:37).

Fred Hersch Plays Rodgers and Hammerstein (Nonesuch 79414-2)+
Fred Hersch, piano.
Recorded Jan. 1996, Stamford, CT.
South Pacific. Cock-eyed optimist (5:22) -- Me and Juliet. No other love (4:46) -- Cinderella. Loneliness of evening (5:44) -- State fair. It might as well be spring (6:39) -- The king and I. I have dreamed (6:34) -- Oklahoma! People will say we're in love (4:32) -- Cinderella. Do I love you (because you're beautiful?) (6:32) -- The king and I. Shall we dance? (5:29) -- Oklahoma! The surrey with the fringe on top (3:39) -- South Pacific. This nearly was mine (5:19) -- The king and I. Getting to know you (5:04).

Passion Flower : Fred Hersch plays Billy Strayhorn (Nonesuch 79395-2)+
Fred Hersch, piano and arrangements ; Drew Gress, bass ; Tom Rainey, drums ; Andy Bey, vocals (6th work) ; Nurit Tilles, piano (10th work) ; string orchestra, Eric Stern, conductor (2nd, 7th, and 12th works).
Recorded June and Aug. 1995, at The Hit Factory, New York City.
Lotus blossom : solo piano (2:54) -- Day dream : trio and string orchestra (5:19) -- U.M.M.G. (Upper Mnhattan Medical Group) : trio (7:12) -- Pretty girl (The star-crossed lovers) : solo piano (5:27) -- Rain check : trio (4:59) -- Something to live for : piano-vocal (7:54) -- Lament for an orchid (Absinthe) : trio and string orchestra (5:41) -- Elf (Isfahan) : solo piano (5:08) -- Ballad for very tired and very sad lotus-eaters : trio (5:09) -- Tonk : piano duet (3:14) -- Passion flower : trio (5:56) -- Lush life : trio and string orchestra (3:29)

Point In Time : Fred Hersch (with Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Dave Douglas & Rich Perry)Enja ENJ-9035 2)*+
Fred Hersch, piano; Drew Gress, bass; Tom Rainey, drums; Rich Perry, tenor saxophone (on tracks 1, 4, 6, 9-10); Dave Douglas, trumpet (on tracks 1, 4, 8-10).
Recorded and mixed at Systems Two, Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 20, 21 & 24, 1995.
Point in time -- You don't know what love is -- As long as there's music -- Spring is here -- The peacocks -- Infant eyes -- Cat's paws -- Too soon -- Evidence -- Drew's blues.

The Fred Hersch Trio Plays (with Drew Gress & Tom Rainey) (Chesky JD-116)*+
Fred Hersch, piano; Drew Gress, bass, Tom Rainey, durms.
Rcorded at MasterSound Studios, Astoria Queens, NY, Feb. 16-17, 1994.
Milestones / Miles Davis (3:48) -- Iris / Wayne Shorter (6:12) -- Played twice / Thelonious Monk (3:22) -- Con alma / Dizzy Gillespie (5:56) -- Mood indigo / Duke Ellington (5:33) -- Speak like a child / Herbie Hancock (6:06) -- Evanessence / Fred Hersch (5:06) -- Think of one / T. Monk (5:27) -- Daydream / Billy Strayhorn (8:01) -- Forerunner / Ornette Coleman (3:10) -- Moment's notice / John Coltrane (3:06) -- Doxy / Sonny Rollins (6:52).

I Never Told You : Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel (Varese Sarabande VSD-5547) (1995 Grammy Nominee)
Fred Hersch, piano.
Recorded September 20th & 21st, 1994, Paradise Studios, New York City.
Close enough for love (4:56) -- Emily (5:18) Moon song (5:47) -- I never told you (6:46) -- Seascape (4:48) -- Sure as you're born (5:33) -- Melt away (4:38) -- A time for love (6:02) -- You are there (5:12).

Fred Hersch : Live At Maybeck, Volume 31 (Concord Jazz CCD-4596)*
Fred Hersch, piano.
Recorded live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA, October 24, 1993.
Embraceable you / George Gershwin ; Ira Gershwin (3:43) -- Haunted heart / Arthur Schwartz ; Howard Dietz (8:58) -- In walked Bud / Thelonious Monk (4:51) -- You don't know what love is / Don Raye ; Gene DePaul (6:31) -- If I loved you / Oscar Hammerstein ; Richard Rodgers (5:39) -- Heartsong / Fred Hersch (5:27) -- Everything I love / Cole Porter (5:20) -- Sarabande / Fred Hersch (5:40) -- The song is you / O. Hammerstein ; Jerome Kern (4:42) -- Ramblin' / Ornette Coleman (5:57) -- Body and soul / John Green ...[et al.] (7:44)

Dancing In The Dark : The Fred Hersch Trio with Drew Gress & Tom Rainey (Chesky JD-90)+ (1993 Grammy Nominee)
Recorded Dec. 3-4, 1992, at Mastersound Studios, Astoria, New York.
So in love (5:34) -- For all we know (7:09) -- I fall in love too easily (5:33) -- If I should lose you (5:04) -- Dancing in the dark (5:33) -- Out of nowhere (5:05) -- Secret love (5:41) -- Wild is the wind (5:33) -- All the things you are (6:45) -- My funny valentine (8:23) -- Bye bye blackbird (7:40).

Red Square Blue : Jazz Impressions of Russian Classics (Angel/EMI 54743)+D
Fred Hersch, piano, arranger ; James Newton, flute (tracks 2, 3, 8, 11) ; Toots Thielemans, harmonica (tracks 1, 5) ; Phil Woods, alto saxophone (track 7) and clarinet (track 10) ; Erik Friedlander, cello (tracks 1-3, 5, 9-11) ; Steve LaSpina, bass ; Jeff Hirshfield, drums.
Recorded 1 and 23 Sept. and 19 Oct. 1992 in New York City at Skyline Studios.
Pictures at an exhibition. The old castle / Mussorgsky (6:33) -- Concerto for coloratura, op. 82. Andante and aria / Gliere (7:31) -- Prelude, op. 11, no. 2 / Scriabin (5:03) -- Symphony no. 4 in F minor. Canzona / Tchaikovsky (7:17) -- Etude, op. 8, no. 2 (4:45) ; Prelude, op. 9, no. 1 (5:16) / Scriabin -- Scheherazade. The young prince and The young princess / Rimsky-Korsakoff (6:50) -- Prelude, op. 11, no. 1 / Liadov (5:57) -- Nutcracker. Arabian dance (4:32) ; Piano concerto no. 2. Adagio (8:16) / Tchaikovsky.

Forward Motion : The Fred Hersch Group (Chesky JD-55)*+ D
Fred Hersch, piano, arranger ; James Newton, flute (tracks 2, 3, 8, 11) ; Toots Thielemans, harmonica (tracks 1, 5) ; Phil Woods, alto saxophone (track 7) and clarinet (track 10) ; Erik Friedlander, cello (tracks 1-3, 5, 9-11) ; Steve LaSpina, bass ; Jeff Hirshfield, drums.
Recorded 1 and 23 Sept. and 19 Oct. 1992 in New York City at Skyline Studios.
Introduction -- Heartsong -- Days gone by -- Tango bittersweet -- Child's song -- Janeology -- Phantom of the bopera -- Lullabye -- Dreamscape -- Professor K. -- Forward motion -- Departed -- Frevo -- Nostalgia.

Evanessence : A Tribute to Bill Evans featuring Gary Burton and Toots Thielemans (Jazz City 00172)* D (Evidence EVI 22204)
Fred Hersch, piano ; Marc Johnson (1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th works), Michael Formanek (3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th-11th works), bass ; Jeff Hirshfield, drums ; Toots Thielemans, harmonica (3rd, 6th, 10th works) ; Gary Burton, vibraphone (1st, 4th, 7th works)
Recorded August 1990.
My bells / Evans/Lees (5:37) -- Turn out the stars / Evans/Lees (5:55) -- You must believe in Spring / LeGrand (6:33) -- Evanessence / Hersch (5:09) -- Nardis/Lonely woman / Davis/Coleman (7:49) -- We will meet again / Evans (4:05) -- Peri's scope / Evans (4:19) -- Time remembered / Evans (5:25) -- I wish I knew / Warren (4:33) -- Remembering the rain / Evans (4:31) -- Alice in wonderland / Fain/Hillard (8:00)

Heartsongs : Fred Hersch Trio with Michael Formanek and Jeff Hirshfield (Sunnyside SC 1047)*+
Fred Hersch, piano ; Mike Formanek, bass ; Jeff Hirshfield, drums.
Recorded Dec. 4-5, 1989, at RPM Studios, New York.
The Man I Love - Fall - Lullabye -- Free For Three - Heartsong -- Infant Eyes - Beam Me Up -- I Mean You - Evanessence -- Rain Waltz -- The Sphinx.

The French Collection : Jazz Impressions of French Classics (Angel/EMI 49561)D
Recorded at Skyline Studios, New York.
Fred Hersch, piano, arranger ; Steve Laspina, bass; Joey Baron, drums ; with other instrumentalists.
Prélude from "Suite bergamasque" / Debussy (4:05) -- 1st movement (Modéré) from "Sonatine" / Ravel (4:15) -- Sicilienne, op. 78 / Fauré (3:37) -- Prelude from "Le Tombeau de Couperin" / Ravel (3:24) -- Après un rêve, op. 7, no. 1 / Fauré (6:04) -- Claire de lune from "Suite bergamasque" / Debussy (4:44) -- Cantilena from Flute sonata / Poulenc (4:23) -- Pavane / Fauré (4:29) --Nos. 2 & 3 from "Valses nobles et sentimentales" (6:11) ; Pavane pour une infante défunte (4:42) / Ravel -- Gymnopédie no. 1 / Satie (5:32).

Sarabande : Fred Hersch / Charlie Haden / Joey Baron (Sunnyside SSC 1024)*+
Fred Hersch, piano ; Charlie Haden, bass ; Joey Baron, drums.
Recorded at Classic Sound Studio, New York, Dec. 4-5, 1986
I have dreamed (5:27) -- Enfant (6:27) -- The peacocks (7:10) -- What this is thing called love? (5:10) -- Sarabande (5:37) -- This heart of mine (5:28) -- Child's song (4:30) -- Blue in green (4:46) -- Cadences (5:01).

Horizons : Fred Hersch Trio featuring Marc Johnson and Joey Baron (Concord Jazz CJ-267)*+
Fred Hersch, piano; Marc Johnson, bass; Joey Baron, drums.
Recorded in New York, October 1984.
My heart stood still / R. Rodgers, L. Hart (6:24) -- Moon and sand / B. Engvick, M. Palitz, A. Wilder (7:43) -- The star crossed lovers / D. Ellington, B. Strayhorn (5:00) -- One finger snap / H. Hancock (3:22) -- The surrey with the fringe on top / R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein II (5:00) -- Miyako / W. Shorter (7:43) -- Cloudless sky / F. Hersch (8:04)

(* indicates original composition(s) recorded on this album)
(+ indicates album produced by Fred Hersch)
(D indicates album arranged by Fred Hersch)