Fred and esperanza Downbeat Cover Story

The January issue of Downbeat Magazine features Fred Hersch and esperanza spalding as its cover story, celebrating the release of their duet album Alive at the Vanguard. The article looks at the fondness that 67-year-old Fred Hersch and 38-year-old esperanza spalding have for each other. It’s a friendship that now has been documented on Alive at the Village Vanguard, an intimate “lightning in a bottle” gig captured in 2018 that features Hersch on piano and spalding on vocals.