Fred Hersch
Singapore
medicine / technology / global heatlh / design. opinions are my own.
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Building the future of global health, together
Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to article [[duration]] minutes An estimated 4.6 billion people worldwide lack access to essential health services. While mobile and AI have tremendous potential to help bridge the gaps, the reality is that global digital health infrastructure is fragmented, which limits the potential of these technologies to improve health outcomes, especially in low-resource environments.
Fred Hersch: The Surrounding Green
A A A With more than 60 recordings as a leader, including three for Manfred Eicher’s label (all recorded in Lugano’s acousticall brilliant Auditorio Stelio Molo), Hersch has by now established himself as one of the preeminent piano voices of his generation. On The Surrounding Green Hersch is joined by stalwart bassist Drew Gress and Joey Baron, one of the most creative and intuitive drummers on the scene for decades, and together the trio achieves a rare and refined groupthink.
Thu, 9 Oct 2025 - Fred Hersch - Elbphilharmonie Hamburg - Elbphilharmonie
Location : Elbphilharmonie Kleiner Saal The Recital Hall, designed in contrast to the Grand Hall in the classic »shoebox« style, offers seating for up to 550 people. Arrival time The Elbphilharmonie is a special building situated in a special place. Allow for plenty of time for getting to the Elbphilharmonie and the way to the concert area. We suggest visitors arrive at the Elbphilharmonie Plaza not later than 30 minutes before the start of the concert or event.
WCLV Program Guide 04-02-2023
Classical All Day, Jazz All Night 00:00 JAZZ WITH JOHN SIMNA Artist-Album-Track Lafayette Harris, Swingin’ Up in Harlem, Living for the City Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, All Blues Cannonball Adderley, Paris 1960, Jeannine 3-D Jazz Trio, 9 to 5, I Only Have Eyes for You Eric Reed, Black Brown and Blue, Along Came Betty Frank Kimbrough, Lullabluebye, You Only Live Twice Bruce Harris, Soundview, Satellite Mike Melito, To Swing is the Thing, Straight Street John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Train...
New tools to help developers build better health apps
Mar 14, 2023 min read Fred Hersch Senior Product Manager, Google Health Digital mobile health apps are capable of lowering the barrier to equitable healthcare. They are quickly becoming essential tools to help healthcare workers deliver better care to patients — especially in under-resourced communities. However, it’s been costly and difficult for developers to build tools that share health information across systems and work well in areas that often lack internet connectivity.
Validation of a deep learning system for the detection of diabetic retinopathy in Indigenous Australians
Discussion Our results demonstrate that the DLS was able to identify mtmDR and vtDR with performance similar to or exceeding a retina specialist in a cohort of Indigenous Australians. For the detection of mtmDR, vtDR and all-cause referable DR, sensitivity was considerably higher than the retina specialist.
John Hebert - Sounds of Love (Sunnyside Records, 2022)
The music of bassist and composer Charles Mingus has long been a guiding light for John Hebert, and around ten years ago he formed a band with himself on bass, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, Tim Berne on alto saxophone, Fred Hersch on piano and Ches Smith on drums and percussion to perform Mingus music and original compositions. This recording was taken from a concert in Switzerland in March of 2013.
10 Albums You Need to Know: January 2022
The return of a legendary Motown vocal group; an exploration of the relationship between presence and nothingness; a celebration of iconic composer Leonard Bernstein. All this and more are in our list of ten new albums released this month (January 2022) that you need to know about.
Frank Zappa, Frank Sinatra, Thundercat & More: The Week in Jazz
The Week in Jazz is your roundup of new and noteworthy stories from the jazz world. It’s a one-stop destination for the music news you need to know. Let’s take it from the top. Noteworthy New Short Film Celebrates 60 Years of Impulse! Records: Famed director/photographer Atiba Jefferson has created an engaging mini-doc celebrating the 60-year history and legacy of influential jazz label Impulse! Records.
Working with the WHO to power digital health apps
Nearly 4 billion people around the world don’t have access to the essential healthcare services they need, like immunizations or pediatric care. Complicating matters, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates a global shortage of 18 million healthcare workers by 2030 — primarily in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). In many countries, healthcare workers use smartphone applications to manage data specific to certain diseases like malaria and tuberculosis.
Lizzo, Billie Eilish & Koffee are Winners at the 2020 Grammys | See the Full List
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 26: Angelique Kidjo, winner of Best World Music Album for “Celia” poses in the press room during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images) The 62nd edition of the biggest music award show, the Grammys, held last night at the Madison Square Garden in New York and saw singer Billie Eilish cart away the most awards, while Lizzo won her first-ever gramophone.
Premiile Grammy 2020: lista completă a câștigătorilor din acest an
În urmă cu câteva ore, s-a încheiat ediția cu numărul 62 a premiilor Grammy. Evenimentul desfășurat la Staple Center în Los Angeles este cel mai important din industria muzicală. Artiștii din industria muzicală așteaptă cu interes în fiecare an premiile Grammy. Aceasta este cea mai importantă confirmare a faptului că ești un artist de succes internațional, iar ceea ce ai creat este relevant atât acum, cât și pe viitor.
2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners
The complete list of winners of the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, presented on Jan. 26, 2020, is below. In the weeks leading up to this year's Grammys, the Recording Academy, which presents the awards, was embroiled in a controversy that became public when it announced on Jan. 16 that its recently appointed CEO, Deborah Dugan, had been put on administrative leave following an accusation of misconduct.
Lizzo, Billie Eilish & Koffee are Winners at the 2020 Grammys | See the Full List
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 26: Lizzo, winner of Best Pop Solo Performance for “Truth Hurts”, Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Jerome” and Best Urban Contemporary Album for “Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)”, poses in the press room during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E.
2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners
Lizzo accepts the award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 62nd annual Grammys in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images By NPR Staff January 26, 2020 The complete list of winners of the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, presented on Jan. 26, 2020, is below. In the weeks leading up to this year's Grammys, the Recording Academy, which presents the awards, was embroiled in a controversy that became public when it announced on Jan.
2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners
Lizzo accepts the award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 62nd annual Grammys in Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) The complete list of winners of the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, presented on Jan. 26, 2020, is below. In the weeks leading up to this year's Grammys, the Recording Academy, which presents the awards, was embroiled in a controversy that became public when it announced on Jan.
2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani bring their love to the Grammys with ‘Nobody But You’ COUNTRY Best Country Solo Performance “All Your’n” by Tyler Childers “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” by Ashley McBryde Winner: “Ride Me Back Home” by Willie Nelson “God’s Country” by Blake Shelton “Bring My Flowers Now” by Tanya Tucker Best Country Duo/Group Performance “Brand New Man” by Brooks & Dunn With Luke Combs “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You)” by Brothers Osborne Winner: “Speechless” by Dan + Shay “The...
62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
winner Higdon: Harp Concerto Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra) nominees Bermel: Migration Series For Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra – Derek Bermel, composer (Derek Bermel, Ted Nash, David Alan Miller, Juilliard Jazz Orchestra & Albany Symphony Orchestra) Marsalis: Violin Concerto In D Major – Wynton Marsalis, composer (Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru & Philadelphia Orchestra) Norman: Sustain – Andrew Norman, composer (Gustavo...
5 Things I've Learned About Playing Jazz Piano
Jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch is a 12-time Grammy® nominee. His newest release is entitled "Live in Europe," out now on Palmetto Records. To learn more, visit www.fredhersch.com I have been very lucky in my 35-year career.
From Ta-Nehisi Coates to Nadia Murad: Top 10 Memoirs of 2017
2017 is winding down, the holiday season is in full swing, and 2018 is peeking just around the corner. If you’re anything like me, it’s a safe bet that your to-be-read pile has grown steadily – perhaps to precarious proportions – over the course of the year. It could, of course, be forgiven if a book or two slipped under your radar or got lost in the shuffle of this year’s literary bounty. In my case, memoirs have started cropping back up on my radar over the last couple of years.
Fred Hersch: The First Time I Played for Charles Mingus
Not long after I began to play at Bradley’s, I got my first flattering notice in The New Yorker. In a listing in the magazine’s influential “Goings On About Town” section, Whitney Balliett, the magazine’s longtime jazz critic, described me as “a slender, bearded, light-fingered poet of a pianist.” To be recognized at my age by someone as highly regarded as Mr. Balliett was awfully gratifying, and to be called a poet specifically was a thrill.
Thelonious Monk and Me
In honor of the centennial of Thelonious Monk’s birth, the jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch shares a few thoughts on one of his heroes. Thelonious Monk has been quoted as saying, “A genius is one who is most like himself.” By that standard, Monk was an undisputed genius. He was among the inner circle of jazz musicians who pioneered bebop, along with the alto-sax master Charlie Parker, the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, the pianist Bud Powell, and others.
Fred Hirsch's Life In & Out of Jazz
Fred Hirsch's Life In & Out of Jazz It is a truism of homosexual history in America that the gay male subculture was forced to grow up when the AIDS crisis developed. I saw this all around me and felt it myself. Suddenly, being gay was not only about having sex or enjoying the company of other men like you; it was about sickness and taking care of friends and lovers who were dying. When I was officially diagnosed as HIV-positive, drugs to treat it were still years down the road.
Lesson: Solo Piano-Thelonious Monk’s “Blue Monk”
(This article originally appeared in the May ’97 issue of Keyboard magazine.) Pianist and composer Thelonious Monk occupies a very special place in the history of jazz, and in the history of American music as a whole. A strange and wonderful human being with a truly unconventional approach to the piano, he was also one of the greatest composers of small-form jazz tunes in the history of jazz to date. His career began in the days of the great stride pianists such as James P.
Lesson: Solo Piano-Thelonious Monk’s “I Mean You”
(This article originally appeared in the June ’97 issue of Keyboard magazine.) In last month’s column [May 1997, covering "Blue Monk"], we began a journey into the strange and beautiful musical world of Thelonious Monk. I hope that you were inspired enough to check out some of the great Monk recordings or to try to play some of his masterpieces. I recently spent a few days in the studio recording solo piano versions of Monk tunes along with a dozen or so compositions by Bill Evans.
Musician Fred Hersch Recounts A Life 'In And Out Of Jazz' In His New Memoir
Nearly 30 years ago, Hersch was among the first jazz musicians to come out as both gay and HIV positive. His memoir looks back on that time, as well as the time he spent in a medically induced coma. A Life in and Out of Jazz by Fred Hersch Hardcover, 307 pages | purchase close overlay Buy Featured Book TitleGood Things Happen SlowlySubtitleA Life in and Out of JazzAuthorFred Hersch Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?
Fred Hersch Presents: 11 Influential Jazz Recordings to Listen to Now
Jazz pianist, composer, activist, and educator Fred Hersch is a ten-time Grammy nominee and the recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in Composition. He was named a 2016 Doris Duke Artist and has twice been awarded Jazz Pianist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He concertizes worldwide as a solo artist, as a collaborator, and with the Fred Hersch Trio. His memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly, is now available. These albums have all been important to me in various ways.
The growing intersection of Digital Technology and Health
Fred Hersch is a medical doctor (MD/MPH) and technologist. He is passionate about global health and the role of (design led) technology in transforming health care delivery for the better. He was an early pioneer in the tele-medicine space co-founding MedTech Outreach Australia (2002) and developing one of the first web based tele-medicine platforms.
Artist's Choice: Fred Hersch on Great Piano Sounds
All of the recordings I have selected below are united by their pianists’ use of tone and touch, and all of them have been profoundly influential in the development of the piano in jazz. Duke Ellington “The Mooche” Ellington Uptown (Columbia, 1952) When I heard this track in my late teens, it was the first instance of me becoming aware of a pianist’s sound.
Gravitations Vol. II
“An impeccably trained multireedist, with an emphasis on ‘multi’ — he plays clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, English horn and flutes, along with saxophones…” (The New York Times) A Bay Area transplant to the NYC scene, multi-reedist Steven Lugerner maintains an active bi-costal performance schedule as both a leader and sidemen of various musical ensembles. ... more
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