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RIP Clare Fischer Just read that Clare Fischer passed....what a stunning loss. His contributions to purple music were many. Rest in peace. Occupy Alphabet Street!
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RIP Clare.. I dug his work with Prince... | |
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Very sad day. "The Screams of Passion" "I Wonder U" "Mia Bocca" "Baby You're a Trip" "Alexa de Paris" I could go on and on. Sadness. | |
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R.I.P | |
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A sad day indeed. He brought so much to Prince's music... Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
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RIP Mr.Fischer!
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An amazingly talented man who brought so much to Prince's music. I can't imagine Parade or The Family album without his colors. Rest in Peace Clare. The expanded version of my book PRINCE and The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 was released in November 2018. (www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538114623/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) or www.facebook.com/groups/1...104195943/ | |
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One of the most lavish displays of his talent,,,
Thank you for the music. | |
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Oh, man... this is very sad news. An invaluable talent with an incredibly distinctive sound. Those records we listen to regularly just would not be the same without Mr Fischer's other-worldly textures.
Peace to his family. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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Rip, Clare....Oh no.
I'm actually really sad about this one. | |
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RIP Clare.
I interviewed him last April (along with his son Brent) when I made my Parade documentary. He didn't talk much, but when he did he was friendly and interesting. A musical genius. RIP. |
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moderatorRIP-Thanks for adding so much colour to Prince's sound. [Edited 1/27/12 5:18am] | |
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Damn. Very sad, indeed.
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Such beautiful music he brought into this world, truly "making brighter the colors black and white". A musician's musician, "he recorded more than 45 albums and has arranged, composed or played on more than 100 other artist's records." God's love and peace with him, prayers for his family and loved ones. [Edited 1/27/12 6:10am] "So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..." | |
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R.I.P.
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This. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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This is the biggest Prince related news in a long while - it belongs on the main page.
For me, he was Prince's 3rd most important collaborator after W & L, and Levi Seacer Jr.
My favourite 'Fischered' piece is probably Monie Love's In A Word Or 2, although if memory serves he wasn't officially credited anywhere on the liner notes for that one.
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McD said: This is the biggest Prince related news in a long while - it belongs on the main page.
For me, he was Prince's 3rd most important collaborator after W & L, and Levi Seacer Jr.
My favourite 'Fischered' piece is probably Monie Love's In A Word Or 2, although if memory serves he wasn't officially credited anywhere on the liner notes for that one.
R.I.P. Agreed. Fischer is an artist in his own right. I was surprised when the other thread got locked by mods. I suppose allowing him into inner circle of Associated Artists & People is an honor within this site, holding him closer as one of our own, but the larger world will remember him as more than "the guy who added strings to the Parade album". My favorite Prince contribution of his would probably be Scandalous, it's practically just he and Prince alone. It's interesting that even having been such collaborators, they never did meet in person. "So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..." | |
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wow
Talk about irreplacable
His touch on all those Parade Dream Factory songs and outtakes
Since 1985 Fischer wrote orchestral arrangements for pop artist Prince. Some appeared on Prince's albums and have been used for his movies Under the Cherry Moon (Fischer's first screen credit), Graffiti Bridge and in Spike Lee's Girl 6. One of Fischer's Prince arrangements was also used in a revised form for the movie Batman. Prince's December 2005 single "Te Amo Corazon," a mid-tempo Latin jazz track, featured string arrangements by Fischer.
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, which saved his life. He remained in ICU on life support, and died on January 26, 2012. He is survived by his wife; three children, Lee, Brent and Tahlia; and two stepchildren, Lisa and Bill Bachman. | |
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Holy shit I just found out! This is a stunning loss. Prince never met him! Sad. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Clare Fischer is as important to the Prince sound as Eric Leeds or Matt Fink. Much love to his soul.
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Shocking, RIP "Don't make me chase u, even doves have pride.." | |
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Very sad news! My condolences to his family and friends.
R.I.P.
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So sad. He was an amazing arranger. | |
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This is sad news!
I just made a playlist dedicated to all of his work JUST 2 DAYS AGO. I've been studying the genius of this man as of recent! So amazing. This is just an incredible LOST! He has blessed Prince's music with his string arrangements, and compositions. He was just amazing! This is such a DEEP lost for the world of music.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and with Prince.
Prince must be hurt to hear he passed. I imagine the emotion of his lost, as the world has lost such a gifted man! This really comes at such a LOST and sadness for me.
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Didn't realize he was on that one. I enjoyed his work on "Crystal Ball" too or as it was known in the bootleg world then, "Expert Lover".... | |
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A great composer who made his mark on the music world and brought a new dimension to the purple one's music. Sad to hear he has passed. Stand Up! Everybody, this is your life!
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