Artist: Fred Hersch
Album: Breath by Breath
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 46:27
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 869 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Fred Hersch – Begin Again (06:52)
1-2. Fred Hersch – Awakened Heart (04:13)
1-3. Fred Hersch – Breath By Breath (06:22)
1-4. Fred Hersch – Monkey Mind (04:01)
1-5. Fred Hersch – Rising, Falling (05:02)
1-6. Fred Hersch – Mara (04:39)
1-7. Fred Hersch – Know That You Are (03:41)
1-8. Fred Hersch – Worldly Winds (05:24)
1-9. Fred Hersch – Pastorale (06:10)

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Iconic pianist/composer Fred Hersch was an early adopter of new technologies and new ways forward when the pandemic hit in early 2020. But he’s also been among the most eager to return to live performance and collaboration now that life has begun to resume some semblance of normality. In August 2021 he returned to the studio to record one of his most ambitious projects to date: Breath By Breath, his first album ever pairing jazz rhythm section with string quartet. Breath By Breath draws inspiration from the pianist’s longtime practice of mindfulness meditation, centered on the new eight-movement “Sati Suite.” But while the album is certainly contemplative and lustrous, it’s far from being merely an ambient backdrop for blissful relaxation – the music here is as fully engaged and emotionally rich as any that Hersch has made over the course of his remarkable career.