GOOD THINGS HAPPENS SLOWLY

Jazz could not contain Fred Hersch. His meteoric rise as a talented session pianist--one who played with the giants of the 20th cent ury in the autumn of their careers, including Art Farmer, Joe Henderson, and more-- blossomed further in the nineties and beyond int o a compositional genius that defied the boundaries of bop, sweeping in elements of pop, classical, and folk to create a wholly new music. Good Things Happen Slowly is a memoir, but it is also more than that. It's the story of the first openly gay, HIV-positive ja zz player...[Read more]