Live in Europe (Fred Hersch album)

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Live in Europe
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 2018
RecordedNovember 24, 2017
Venue Brussels, Belgium
Genre Jazz

Live in Europe is an album by the Fred Hersch Trio, [1] [2] [3] [4] released in May 2018.

Contents

Track listing

  1. We See - 5:51
  2. Snape Maltings - 7:12
  3. Scuttlers - 2:50
  4. Skipping - 4:48
  5. Bristol Fog (For John Taylor) - 8:25
  6. Newklypso (For Sonny Rollins) - 8:40
  7. The Big Easy (For Tom Piazza) - 6:56
  8. Miyako - 7:10
  9. Black Nile - 6:43
  10. Solo Encore-Bluemonk

Personnel

Musicians

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References

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