1928 - 2012
Clare Fischer American Composer
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Details
| First Name |
Clare
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| Last Name |
Fischer
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| Birthday |
22nd October, 1928
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| Birthplace |
Durand, Michigan, United States
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| Died |
26th January, 2012
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| Place of Death |
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Composer, arranger, bandleader, session musician
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| Occupation |
Composer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Jazz, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban jazz, fusion, funk, classical, third stream, vocal, pop
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| Year(s) Active |
1943–2011
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| Instrument (text) |
Synthesizer, piano, keyboards, electric piano, alto sax
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| Record Label |
Discovery, Koch, Trend, Pacific Jazz/World Pacific, Revelation, MPS, Concord
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| Associated Acts |
The Hi-Lo's, Bud Shank, Cal Tjader, Prince, Robert Palmer, The Hi-Lo's
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| Official Websites |
http://www.clarefischer.com/
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Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University (from which, five decades later, he would receive an honorary doctorate), he became the pianist and arranger for the vocal group the Hi-Lo's in the late 1950s. Fischer went on to work with Donald Byrd and Dizzy Gillespie, and became known for his Latin and bossa nova recordings in the 1960s. He composed the Latin jazz standard "Morning", and the jazz standard "Pensativa". Consistently cited by jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock as a major influence ("I wouldn't be me without Clare Fischer"), he was nominated for eleven Grammy Awards during his lifetime, winning for his landmark album, 2+2 (1981), the first of Fischer's records to incorporate the vocal ensemble writing developed during his Hi-Lo's days into his already sizable Latin jazz discography; it was also the first recorded installment in Fischer's three-decade-long collaboration with his son Brent. Fischer was also a posthumous Grammy winner for ¡Ritmo! (2012) and for Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest (2013).
