Fred Hersch Trio
sponsored by the Feld Family in memory of Bob Feld
Featuring seventeen-time Grammy nominee pianist Fred Hersch, The Fred Hersch Trio has remained at the pinnacle of modern jazz and is venerated as “the epitome of thrilling interplay and dynamic spontaneity.” In 2016, the trio, which featured bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson, played the inaugural concert on Outpost’s Steinway B piano, donated by Bob Feld and family, and tonight, ten years later, Hersch returns to commemorate that occasion, this time with Drew Gress on bass and Jonathan Blake on drums. A member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch has been an influential creative force over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator, and recording artist. He has been proclaimed “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” (Vanity Fair) and “a living legend” (The New Yorker). Hersch has garnered jazz’s most prestigious awards, including a Doris Duke Artist (2016), Jazz Pianist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association (2011, 2016, 2018), and the Jazz Magazine (France) International Artist of the Year (2021). The Fred Hersch Trio, voted the #1 Jazz Group in the 2019 by DownBeat Critics Poll, has appeared at major jazz festivals throughout Europe and the US and they have regularly headlined at the legendary Village Vanguard since 1997. His latest trio album, The Surrounding Green, with Drew Gress on bass and Joey Baron drums, was released in 2025. $35/$25 Members. $15 Students
