Fred Hersch was the first solo pianist to play the Vanguard, which has been the country's premier jazz club for 70 years!
Production grant from The Reva and David Logan Foundation!
We are thrilled to be recipients of a generous production grant from The Reva and David Logan Foundation. The Logan Foundation supports the arts, investigative reporting, healthcare and education and is dedicated to "doing good in a responsible way." The foundation's support is incredibly meaningful to us and to Fred Hersch Now. Heartfelt thanks to the Logan family and the Logan Foundation! …
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Fantastic screening at Yerba Buena. Thanks to all of you who came. We loved hearing your thoughts.
Carrie and Charlotte posing in front of their names on the very large and beautiful poster at the entrance of the Yerba Buena center for the Arts .
A point of entry into Fred Hersch’s dream, check KQED’s article about our work-in-progress screening at Yerba Buena tonight
Join us! Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco KQED magazine review
Join us on 9/8 for a work-in-progress screening at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco
Directors Carrie Lozano and Charlotte Lagarde will be showing clips and discussing the making of the documentary on Fred Hersch. September 8 at 7:30 pm. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco The event is free and open to the public. Tickets available at : http://www.ybca.org/filming-performance
Documentaries R Us at Full Frame
The Full Frame Film Festival, a whirlwind four-day fest in Raleigh-Durham, NC, is widely considered one of the best fests for documentary film. This year, Charlotte is a juror for the Full Frame Inspiration Award and watched a whopping 19 films in competition. I'm here for the premiere of The Universal Language, which I produced …
A new PR record
This is the earliest press we've ever had - literally just as the project is beginning. Lagarde, Lozano Jam with NY Jazzman (via SF360.org)
Thanks to the iPad…
We all know the virtues of the ipad. But “documentary film catalyst” is a whole new app. That’s what sparked an in-flight conversation between jazz pianist Fred Hersch and my husband Don Loeb, who came home and said to me and Charlotte Lagarde, "You two should make a film about this guy." Which is exactly …
The Ballad of Fred Hersch 