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Sep 14, 2017 · 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 ...
Jan 28, 2010 · Early in 2008, the H.I.V. virus migrated to his brain, and Hersch developed AIDS-related dementia. He lived for a time in mental and physical seclusion, hallucinating under the delusion that...
Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and a 17-time Grammy nominée. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard in New York City. He has recorded more than 75 of his jazz compositions.
Apr 6, 2020 · Multiple Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and HIV longtime survivor Fred Hersch—whom you may know through the documentary The Ballad of Fred Hersch, which you can watch free here —is doing...
Jul 2, 2010 · In 2008, pianist Fred Hersch, an HIV/AIDS patient, fell into a two-week coma that left him without his fine-motor skills. Two years on, Hersch says he's now the strongest piano player he's...
Aug 4, 2010 · In 2008, jazz pianist Fred Hersch slipped into an AIDS-related coma for more than two months. When he came out of the coma, he couldn't walk, eat or play piano. Hersch explains how he...
Jul 25, 2009 · Hersch has AIDS. He was diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s. He came out in the '90s to raise awareness about the disease, at a time when few jazz musicians were openly gay. His busy schedule...
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