The Fred Hersch Trio Dancing In The Dark LP 1993 180g NEW SEALED fast shipping

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The Fred Hersch Trio

Dancing In The Dark

Chesky Records JR90 LP 1993 (USA)

Fred Hersch and his bandmates interpret 11 standards on their fine album, Dancing in the Dark. Hersch is a lyrical player who possesses a light touch and a sophisticated sense of style. His playing is unmistakably influenced by Bill Evans, and his trio work is marked by some of the characteristics that made Evans' best trios so memorable: cohesive, "whole is greater than the sum of its parts," musical communication. Drew Gress (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums) are outstanding throughout these 70 minutes and their efforts become even more apparent with repeated listenings. The best tracks on Dancing in the Dark happen to also be the least well known; the brisk "So in Love," the delicate, solo vehicle "If I Should Lose You," the soft, orchestral "Wild Is the Wind," and the bright, swinging title piece. Though he occasionally takes a dissonant, avant-garde approach ("Out of Nowhere"), it is clearly not his most effective style. Hersch is at is best when he "sings" on the piano and his ballad playing is consistently first rate. This is a quality album, branded by excellent trio playing and tasteful interpretations of the standard repertoire.

Tracklist

A1 Dancing In The Dark Written-By – Dietz & Schwartz 5:33 
A2 I Fall In Love Too Easily Written-By – Cahn & Styne 5:33 
A3 Secret Love Written-By – Webster, Fain 5:41 
A4 If I Should Lose You Written-By – Robin, Ranger 5:04 
B1 So In Love Written-By – Porter 5:34 
B2 For All We Know Written-By – Coots, Lewis 7:09 
B3 My Funny Valentine Written-By – Rodgers & Hart  8:23 

Copyright (c) – Chesky Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Chesky Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Chesky Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Master Sound Astoria
Lacquer Cut At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 34377
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 34486

A&R [A&R Director] – Steve Kaiser
Art Direction – Christine Chagnon
Bass – Drew Gress
Design [LP Design] – Ross Hudson
Directed By [Project Director] – Roy Spangenthal
Drums – Tom Rainey
Edited By – Jeremy R. Kipnis
Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Jeremy R. Kipnis, Peter Cho
Engineer [Mastersound Engineer] – David Merrill
Executive-Producer – Norman Chesky
Lacquer Cut By – RCE
Liner Notes – Michael Bourne
Management [Open Door Management] – Bill Traut, Claudia Crutsinger
Other [Styling] – Rick Teal
Photography By – Luciana Pampalone
Piano [Steinway Piano] – Fred Hersch
Producer – David Chesky, Fred Hersch
Producer [Assistant Producer] – Steve Guttenberg
Production Manager – Brad Kimmelman
Production Manager [Production Assistant] – David J. Rubin
Recorded By – Bob Katz
Supervised By [Technical Consultant] – George Kaye (2)
 

This vinyl version has fewer tracks than the CD versions.

Recorded Direct to Analog on December 3 & 4, 1992 at Mastersound Studios, Astoria, New York.
Plating & pressing by: RTI (Record Technology Inc.).

The back cover, seemingly erroneously, credits Paul Stubblebine for disc mastering at Audio Consulting, San Francisco on a custom tube E.A.R. cutting system designed by Tim de Paravicini, but there is a "F/W RCE" etching in the runout area which leads to Rick Essig at Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs.

Printed in Canada.

LP in a picture sleeve is NEW and SEALED

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