Fred Hersch - Silent, Listening (2024)

Silent, Listening is a major addition to ECM’s distinguished line of solo piano recordings, featuring one of the outstanding improvising pianists and jazz masters of our time: Fred Hersch. The album features seven original creations and a handful of well-chosen standards, including Billy Strayhorn’s “Star-Crossed Lovers”, Sigmund Romberg’s “Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise”, Alec Wilder’s “Winter Of My Discontent” and Russ Freeman’s “The Wind”, all played with the focus, sensitivity and gracefulness for which Hersch is renowned. Developed with producer Manfred Eicher in the responsive acoustics of the Lugano studio, the album was recorded in May 2023.

Tracklist
01 - Star-Crossed Lovers
02 - Night Tide Light
03 - Akrasia
04 - Silent, Listening
05 - Starlight
06 - Aeon
07 - Little Song
08 - The Wind
09 - Volon
10 - Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
11 - Winter of my Discontent