[JPL] article on fred hersch

[Jae Sinnett]

Fred is amazing indeed Tom. Thanks for posting this. I've had the opportunity to work with him a few times and the conversations we've had about the music and the illness he's been confronted with were enlightening. His resilience is amazing. I think he's been dealing with HIV/AIDS since the 80's. Remarkable in itself and somewhat of a medical wonder. We had dinner once and afterward he dropped I know at least 12 different pills. To have to deal with that all this time and make the music he has is astonishing.

Jae Sinnett 


--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Tom Reney <tr at wfcr.org> wrote:

> From: Tom Reney <tr at wfcr.org>
> Subject: [JPL] article on fred hersch
> To: jazzproglist at jazzweek.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 6:33 AM
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> San Francisco Chronicle on Fred Hersch
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