Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from

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(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

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and

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, and became known for his Latin and bossa nova recordings in the 1960s. He composed the

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standard "

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", and the

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" Pensativa". Consistently cited by jazz pianist and composer

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as a major influence ("I wouldn't be me without Clare Fischer"Hancock, Herbie; as told to Michael J. West
"Herbie Hancock Remembers Clare Fischer"
''JazzTimes''. April 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-24.), he was nominated for eleven

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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). Beginning in the early 1970s, Fischer embarked on a parallel (and far more lucrative) career, eventually becoming a much sought-after arranger, providing orchestral "sweeteners" for pop and R&B artists such as

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(with

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(a regular client from 1984 onwards, and by far Fischer's most frequent in pop music), Robert Palmer,

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and many others.

Early life and education

Fischer was the third of four children born to Cecil and Louella (Roussin) Fischer of Durand, Michigan, United States. His parents were of German, French, Irish-Scot, and English backgrounds. In grade school he started his general music study with violin and piano as his first instruments. At the age of seven, he began to pick out four-part harmony on the piano. After two years of piano lessons the family moved to

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, where Fischer began composing

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and making instrumental arrangements for dance bands. At South High School he took up cello, clarinet, and saxophone. His high school instructor, Glenn Litton, took an interest in the boy and, because the family could not afford it, gave him free lessons in music theory, harmony, and orchestration. Fischer returned the favor by orchestrating and copying music for him. Whenever the concert band needed an instrument, Fischer would be supplied with it and the fingering chart to play it in concert. This gave him a personal training in orchestration that was invaluable. Fischer started his own band at 15, for which he wrote all the arrangements. After graduating in 1946, he began undergraduate studies in 1947 at

, majoring in music composition and theory, and studying with H. Owen Reed. During his teens there were no funds for him to study piano, so he was mostly self-taught. Therefore his major instrument in college was cello, and piano a minor. Later he changed his major to piano and minor in clarinet. Fischer's roommates at the Michigan State University were Latin Americans, as were the majority of his friends outside the music department. He was introduced to the music of

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, Tito Rodriguez,

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and others. Through his friends he became interested in the Spanish language and took it as a minor on his Master's degree. Fischer's passion for music was always matched by his love of languages.

The average person has about a fifteen percent understanding of a foreign language. He knows what language it is and is familiar with one or two words. With music it is not different. Most people only hear the lyrics to a song or feel the beat. I have always made music for good listeners, with 65 to eighty percent of musical understanding. That is why with my vocal sextet all pieces are sung in the original language, whether that is German, Spanish or Japanese.

Fischer graduated in 1951 with a B.M., ''cum laude'', and began his first year of graduate work in composition. The U.S. Army drafted him the next year, sending him to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for basic training. There he played alto saxophone in the band and ended his service as an arranger at the U.S. Military Academy Band at

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. After the army, Fischer returned to Michigan State. In 1955, he received his Master of Music.

Initial employment

Fischer next lived in

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, whereupon, after first hearing the vocal quartet The Hi-Lo's in a live performance, he promptly offered his services. Over the next five years, Fischer recorded several albums with the group, serving as pianist and, on occasion, arranger. In addition, he contributed several vocal arrangements, making his debut in that capacity; it was these arrangements that

would later point to as a major influence:

at's when I really learned some much farther-out voicings - like the harmonies I used on '' Speak Like a Child'' - just being able to do that. I really got that from Clare Fischer's arrangements for the Hi-Lo's. Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept...Coryell, Julie; Friedman, Laura (1978)
"Herbie Hancock"
''Jazz-Rock Fusion. The People, The Music''. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , page 161-162. Retrieved 2013-05-24. I heard some of his last records, and he was still doing amazing harmonic stuff. And, of course, he was a wonderful pianist, too. But it was those vocal harmonies that were the first thing I heard. I was in awe of him.

When Fischer moved to Hollywood in 1958, he went to East Los Angeles, to play and learn more about Latin-Jazz. He started in a charanga group with Modesto Duran as leader and played with many different groups. On November 2, 1959, he made a particularly fruitful connection within this genre when he appeared with the Hi-lo's at the First Annual Los Angeles Jazz Festival on the same bill with the already popular Latin jazz group led by vibraphonist

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. Both his playing and arranging made an immediate impression on Tjader,Reid, S. Duncan
"Tjader Plays Mambo and Tjazz"
''Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz''. Jefferson, NC. McFarland & Company. pp. 91-93. . Retrieved 2014-11-13. who went on to employ Fischer in both capacities on several recordings over the next three years; the two would reunite in the mid-1970s, leading eventually to the formation of Fischer's own Latin jazz unit, Salsa Picante. In 1961, Fischer became interested in Brazilian music through the recordings of Elizete Cardoso and Joao Gilberto. This discovery, coupled with his introduction to the music of Mexican composer Mario Ruiz Armengol, led to Fischer's subsequent collaboration with Cal Tjader, a 1962 LP devoted jointly to Armengol's music and that of assorted contemporary Brazilian composers. Over the following year, Fischer collaborated on two Bossa Nova-themed LPs with saxophonist Bud Shank, and arranged another for pianist George Shearing. While with The Hi-Lo's, Fischer arranged a record by trumpeter

, which, by virtue of Fischer's use of strings and harps, imbued well-known standards with an unaccustomed, melancholic quality. Although it would be twenty-five years before the album was finally released, ''September Afternoon'' paid immediate dividends when Byrd played a copy for

. In turn, Gillespie hired Fischer to write arrangements for a small ensemble featuring brass and woodwinds for his own album, '' A Portrait of Duke Ellington'', which was well received. In 1960, albums for vibraphonist

and pianist George Shearing followed, as did an eight-year career of writing music for commercials, as well as the signing of Fischer's first record contract.

Early career as a leader

The first recording under his own name began in 1961 with a nonet under the album name ''Jazz.'' He later recorded these for Pacific Jazz Records: '' First Time Out'', '' Surging Ahead'', '' Manteca!'' and '' Extension'', plus recordings with Bud Shank and Joe Pass. These early records are meticulous studies in jazz, bossa nova and

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, with the harmonic depth of

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, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. They were well received by the critics, but commercially not very successful. Fischer presented himself both as pianist and arranger and composed his most famous pieces, " Pensativa" and "Morning". His many talents, however, proved a disadvantage.

Whenever I played with a trio, people said: "Fischer owes a lot to Bill Evans." Who I had never heard playing. My big musical example at the time was Lee Konitz. And when I orchestrated a record it was Gil Evans, the arranger, that I copied. I called this my "Evans Brothers syndrome".

Arrangements for Sérgio Mendes, Willy Ruff and others followed. In the 1960s, Fischer began playing the organ again, having studied the pipe organ at sixteen. He began to record on a

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for Pacific and on an album by Cal Tjader, Soña Libre. Years later, Fischer would record ''T'DAAA'' (1972) which showcased his skill on the Yamaha EX-42 and ''Clare Declares'' (1977) which once again featured the pipe organ.

Salsa Picante years

In 1975, after ten years of studio work and artistically successful yet obscure solo records, Fischer found a new direction. Just like Hancock and

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he was a pioneer on the electric keyboard, and in that capacity he joined vibraphonist Cal Tjader's group. The reunion with Tjader gave a new impulse to Fischer's love of Latin-American music. He started his own group with Latino musicians, "Salsa Picante", which showed great eclecticism in musical styles. Later he expanded to include four vocalists billed separately as "2 + 2". The album '' 2+2'' won a Grammy in 1981. After that he recorded ''And Sometimes Voices'' and ''Free Fall'' with the vocal group. ''Free Fall'' was nominated in three categories for the

and won under the category of "Best Jazz Album By A Vocal Duo Or Group". ''Crazy Bird'' was with the instrumental group and '' Alone Together'', a solo piano album recorded on a Hamburg Steinway. It was recorded for Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and the German company MPS Records. In the 1970s, Fischer began doing orchestral sweeteners for R&B groups. His nephew, André Fischer, was the drummer of the band

, featuring

. "Apparently the arrangements I made for their early records were appreciated, for in the following years I was hired almost exclusively by black artists." Among the artists Fischer worked for are

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, Earl Klugh,

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, Debarge, Shotgun (a late 70s offshoot of 24-Carat Black) and Atlantic Starr. His walls are now covered with gold and platinum records from these recordings,

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nominations, and several NARAS MVP Awards, culminating in an MVP-emeritus in 1985. Once his fame as an arranger was established, Fischer also worked with pop musicians such as

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and Robert Palmer. "I am surprised that my arrangements are now considered one of the prerequisites for a hit album. People feel that they make a song sound almost classical."Clare Fischer
Artistinterviews.eu, Retrieved 12 February 2012. Classical concert artist Richard Stoltzman commissioned him in 1983 to write a symphonic work using

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and

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themes. The result, "The Duke, Swee'pea and Me", an eleven and a half minute orchestral work, was performed with a symphony orchestra and Stoltzman on clarinet all around the world.

Later years: jazz inspiration and pop arranger

Starting in 1984, Fischer wrote orchestral arrangements for pop artist

. Fischer's arrangements appeared both on Prince's albums and in the Prince film soundtrack music for '' Under the Cherry Moon'' (Fischer's first screen credit), '' Graffiti Bridge'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Prince's 2005 single " Te Amo Corazon", a mid-tempo Latin jazz track, is one example of his collaboration with Fischer. As a jazz educator, Fischer performed solo piano concerts and conducted clinics and master classes in universities and music conservatories in Europe and throughout the United States. In 1995, Fischer released the solo jazz piano album, ''Just Me'', on the

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label. In 1997, his Latin-jazz group, which featured six singers, released the album ''Rockin' In Rhythm'' on the JVC Music label. In 1993, the Dutch jazz pianists Cor Bakker and Bert van den Brink recorded an album of Fischer compositions together entitled ''DeClared''. In 1998, the album ''The Latin Side'', which also featured Fischer compositions, was released by The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra (led by Rob Pronk and Vince Mendoza). Another notable recent CD with Clare is a re-issue of

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's ''Tokyo Debut'' on Galaxy (1995). In addition to his work with Prince, Fischer provided arrangements for

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, Paula Abdul,

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and Branford Marsalis. This work enabled Fischer to record his own music with a band of twenty brass instruments called "Clare Fischer's Jazz Corps". The recordings of this band contain an arrangement of Antonio Carlos Jobim's " Corcovado". Fischer said of Jobim that " e death of my friend Tom Jobim has affected me deeply. Like me, he was 68, and I am still alive. After he died I had a dream in which I was conducting his 'Corcovado'. Only it was not a normal version, there were these harmonic countermelodies in the bass. When I awoke I wrote down what I had dreamed. It became Jobim's In Memoriam, a piece I called 'Corcovado Fúnebre.'" One of Fischer's last projects in his own name was a recording with Brazilian guitarist Hélio Delmiro called "Symbiosis" which has been released on a "Clare Fischer Productions" recording, as has his Clare Fischer's Jazz Corps recording. In December 1999, Michigan State University School of Music conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree on Fischer in recognition of his "creativity and excellence as a jazz composer, arranger and performer". On October 22, 2009, Manhattan School of Music's Concert Jazz Band, under the direction of Justin DiCoccio, commemorated two Clare Fischer anniversaries - both his 81st birthday and the 40th anniversary of the release of his well-regarded big band LP, ''

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'' - with a concert whose program concluded with five consecutive arrangements culled from that album. Fittingly, the five-tune sequence both began and ended, much like the album itself, with "The Duke" and "Upper Manhattan Medical Group", respectively, Fischer's tributes to his twin jazz inspirations, Duke Ellington and

. Fischer could not attend the tribute; following a medical emergency on the flight home from a family reunion in Michigan the previous year, the family had decided that air travel was "just too stressful."

Death

On January 8, 2012, Fischer suffered a cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, following a minor surgery a few days before. His wife of 18 years, Donna, was at his side and performed CPR. He remained in ICU on life support, and died on January 26, 2012. He was survived by his wife; three children, Lee, Brent and Tahlia; and two stepchildren, Lisa and Bill Bachman.

Awards and recognitions

Grammy history

* Career Wins: 3Past Winners: Clare Fischer
Grammy.com. Retrieved 2014-12-03. * Career Nominations: 13

Discography

* '' First Time Out'' ( Pacific Jazz, 1962) *'' Bossa Nova Jazz Samba'' (Pacific Jazz, 1962) with Bud Shank *'' Brasamba!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) with Bud Shank and Joe Pass * '' Surging Ahead'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) * '' Extension'' (Pacific Jazz, 1963) * '' So Danço Samba'' (Pacific Jazz, 1964) * '' Manteca!'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * '' Easy Livin''' (

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, 1966) * '' Songs for Rainy Day Lovers'' (Columbia, 1967) * '' One to Get Ready, Four to Go'' (Revelation, 1968) * ''

'' (Atlantic, 1969) * ''Great White Hope (& his Japanese Friend)'' (Revelation, 1970) *'' Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation'' (Revelation, 1973) * '' The State of His Art'' (1976) * '' Clare Declares'' (1977) * '' Salsa Picante'' (1980) * '' Alone Together'' (1980) * '' 2+2'' (1981) * '' Machaca'' (1981) * ''Remembrances'' (''Lembranças'') (1990) * '' Introspectivo'' (2005)

Notes

References

External links

Official site

Clare Fischer's Website

Audio

Clare Fischer
on Marian McPartland's '' Piano Jazz''
Clare Fischer's Fender Rhodes solo on "Gaviota"
(Soundclip, plus transcription & analysis by

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) at SteveKahn.com
Clare Fischer's Fender Rhodes solo on "Once Again"
(Soundclip, plus transcription & analysis by

) at SteveKahn.com
Clare Fischer's solo Rhodes intro on "Where Is Love"
(Soundclip, plus transcription & analysis by

) at SteveKahn.com
Island at the Top of the World (Disneyland Records, ST-3814)
at MouseVinyl.com
Escape to Witch Island (Disneyland Records, ST-3809)
at MouseVinyl.com

Video

Clare Fischer's informal clinic (conducted in October 1998)
on

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2005 Red Bull Academy interview with Brent & Clare Fischer
on

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Fischeresque: Applying Clare Fischer's Musical Style to a Solo Piano Performance of a Jazz Standard
(Lecture recital by Nick Weiser at the Eastman School of Music) on YouTube

Miscellaneous

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List of compositions
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