NPR Jazz: Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow

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1. Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow
2. Carmen Lundy On Piano Jazz
3. 'Live In The Present': Charlie Haden Remembered

Fred Hersch Floats On, With A Dynamic Trio In Tow Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:03 PM PDT The jazz pianist recovered from a coma in 2008 and was back on stage the next year. He hasn't slowed down since, and this month brings his latest album, a trio recording called Floating. The last time Fred Hersch was featured on Weekend Edition Saturday, the headline read, "Back On Stage By No Small Miracle." It was 2009, and scarcely a year earlier, the jazz pianist had suffered AIDS-related dementia and fallen into a coma for several months. Since recovering, Hersch has come roaring back to music, releasing a string of live albums to critical success. A new studio recording by Hersch's trio came out earlier this month; it's called Floating. This week, a review in The New York Times said that while Hersch has been putting out great trio albums for 30 years, "He hasn't made one better than this." Hersch recently spoke about the new album with NPR's Scott Simon; hear their conversation at the audio link.

Carmen Lundy On Piano Jazz Posted: 18 Jul 2014 09:54 AM PDT The contralto joined host Marian McPartland in 2000 to perform "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and Lundy's own piece, "Quiet Times."

'Live In The Present': Charlie Haden Remembered Posted: 18 Jul 2014 08:54 AM PDT "You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world," Haden told Fresh Air's Terry Gross in 1992. The bassist died on July 11.