''Introspectivo'' is a
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by American composer/arranger/pianist
Clare Fischer
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 doctorat ...
, recorded in December 2004 and released in October 2005 on the Mexican label, M&L Music.
[ Composed largely of previously unrecorded original compositions unearthed by his son Brent, this would be the 76-year-old Fischer's fifth and final strictly solo piano recording."The State of His Art"]
WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-28. See also:
"Alone Together"
WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-28
"Head, Heart and Hands"
WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
"Just Me: Solo Piano Excursions"
WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
Track listing
''All compositions by Clare Fischer except where indicated.''[
# "Song for Eugenio" – 6:15
# "Quiet Reflections" – 2:50
# "Western Airlines" – 2:53
# "Love's Walk" – 5:41
# "Sleep Sweet Child" – 1:18
# Ellington Medley ("]Sentimental Lady
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" – Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D ...
, "Daydream" – Billy Strayhorn
William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the ...
, "Satin Doll
"Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Billy Eckstine, Nancy Wilson, Bobby Short, and many other ...
" – Johnny Mercer
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, B. Strayhorn, D. Ellington) – 6:40
# "Elegy" – 3:03
# "A Wish Come True" – 1:03
# "Warmeland" (Swedish traditional) – 4:42
# "Marcella" – 2:00
# "Bells" – 3:30
# "Silenciosa" (Mario Ruiz Armengol
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) – 1:44
# "House on Summit/Children at Play" – 3:45
# "Vanessa" – 1:50
# "Eternally Yours" – 3:52
# "Soñe" (Mario Ruiz Armengol) – 1:38
# "Barboleta" – 3:30
# "Waiting for Jack's Plane" – 1:31
# "All the Things You Are
"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.
The song was written for the musical '' Very Warm for May'' (1939)[Jerome Kern
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, Oscar Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein may refer to:
*Oscar Hammerstein I (1846–1919), cigar manufacturer, opera impresario and theatre builder
*Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an ...
) – 3:35
# "Donna Lee
"Donna Lee" is a jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker, although Miles Davis has also claimed authorship. Written in A-flat, it is based on the chord changes of the jazz standard " (Back Home Again in) Indiana". Beginning with an unusual ha ...
" (Charlie Parker
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, Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...
ic – 0:38
# "Ice Crystals" – 3:17
# "Don't Ever Leave" – 1:40
# "Coming Home" – 1:52
# "Fairyland" (Glen Hurlbut, Bob Thompson and Bill Baldwin) – 4:57
Personnel
* Clare Fischer
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 doctorat ...
– piano
References
2005 albums
Clare Fischer albums
2000s instrumental albums
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