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' Two Jazz ballads that sound like classical piano ballads or nocturnes. Billy Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom,"   played by Fred Hersch , just as it was written and not requiring improvisation. It was already perfect.
Next is "Valentine," played live by it's composer, Fred  Hersch. There are some improvised passages but since Hersch was the composer, he could augment his original conception with some moments when he could re -compose the piece but never stray too far from the original.
Chopin or Rachmaninoff would not be ashamed to put their names on such pianistic gems.


https://youtu.be/N3lzKxt20Zo


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