[JPL] article on fred hersch

[Tom Reney]

I first heard Fred's name when I interviewed Art Farmer in 1979.  He spoke 
so highly of Hersch that I've followed him ever since, but haven't seen him 
in person in a long time.
He's put up a courageous fight, to say the least.
I see he's got Ralph Alessi on his band.  I saw Ralph a couple of weeks ago 
with Jamie Baum's Septet at Joe's Pub.  Alessi and pianist George Colligan 
were standouts playing Jamie's charts.

Tom

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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


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