Silent, Listening [Import Disc]

[Machine Translation] Fred Hirsch is an American jazz pianist who has been praised as the "Poet of the Piano" for his delicate touch and beautiful melodies, and whose solo piano works on ECM have been praised by Brad Meldor, who said, "I wouldn't be playing the piano today if I hadn't learned from Fred. It has been four years since his last solo album, Songs From Home, was released in 2020, and this is his debut as a leader on ECM, a label that prides itself on its solo piano recordings. This is his first solo album in four years since "Songs From Home" was released in 2020. The album features a selection of standards, including Billy Strayhorn's "Star-Crossed Lovers," Sigmund Romberg's "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise," Alec Wilder's "Winter Of My Discontent," Russ Freeman's "The Wind," and many more. The ECM's unique improvisational style is one of the highlights of the program. As versatile and exploratory as he is in trio and duo, Hirsch's unlimited artistic range and emotional versatility are nowhere more evident than in his breathtaking solo performances, which Jazz Times magazine has described as "a complete, self-contained, uniquely pure art form. All About Jazz magazine praised his unaccompanied playing as "complete, self-sufficient, and uniquely pure art form," and All About Jazz magazine said, "When it comes to the art of solo piano in jazz, there are two classes of performers: Fred Hirsch and the rest. The only ECM album in which Fred Hirsch has participated so far is "Sa Song Is You," a duo album with Enrico Lava released in 2022. This product will be on sale on Friday, so you will receive it on or after the day of release.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

"フレッドに習っていなかったら今ピアノを弾いてなかっただろう"とブラッド・メルドーに言わせしめ、その繊細なタッチと美しい旋律で"ピアノの詩人"の異名で讃えられる米国のジャズ・ピアニスト、フレッド・ハーシュのソロ・ピアノ作品がECMから登場。2023年リリースされたエスペランサとのデュオ・アルバム『Alive At The Village Vanguard』でファン層も広げたフレッド・ハーシュだが、ソロ・アルバムとしては2020年リリースの『Songs From Home』以来4年ぶり、またソロ・ピアノ録音を誇るECMからは本作がリーダー・デビュー作となる。ビリー・ストレイホーンの「Star-Crossed Lovers」、ジークムント・ロンベルグの「Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise」、アレック・ワイルダーの「Winter Of My Discontent」、ラス・フリーマンの「The Wind」など選りすぐりのスタンダード曲と7曲のオリジナル曲を収録。ECMならではの即興も聴きどころの一つ。トリオやデュオにおいて多才で探求的であるのと同様に、ハーシュの芸術性の無限の幅と感情の多様性は、彼の息をのむようなソロ・パフォーマンスほど明らかなものはないと定評のあるハーシュ。Jazz Times誌は、彼の無伴奏演奏を「完全で、自給自足的で、唯一無二の純粋な芸術形態」と称賛し、All About Jazz誌は、「ジャズにおけるソロ・ピアノの芸術に関しては、演奏家には2つのクラスがある: フレッド・ハーシュとそれ以外の人たちだ」と絶賛されるほど。これまでフレッド・ハーシュが参加したECM作品は2022年発表のエンリコ・ラヴァとのデュオ・アルバム『サ・ソング・イス・ユー』のみ。 ※本商品は金曜販売開始商品のため、商品のお届けは発売日当日以降になります。