I THINK THIS GUY IS SIMPLY BRILLIANT .

Prince has create his best songs surrounded by his chords

i am happy there is some pretty little parts of him in News .

will they work again one day on an entire project ?

does any body has informations on how they work ?

His wife told me that they never met and that's why the magic is still present in their collaborations. That is really strange ...

what songs do you love with Clare Fischer ?

goodbye
the sun the moon and stars
the One
crystal ball
parade album !

did you know he is present also in Michael Jackson Destiny's album ? on the song "Push me away " which is amazing . love that album .

does anybody has Clare Fischer solo albums ?

love u all

Drawnspace

Maceo Parker is THE BEST COLLABORATOR TO PRINCE MUSIC..

Kirk Johnson is THE BEST COLLABORATOR TO PRINCE MUSIC..

dnaplaya said:

dnaplaya said:

Wrong: Tony-M is

Fhunkin said:

Now, does anyone know anything about Clare Fischer's work aside from prince's ??

Anyone a list or what's his best work ?

ChocolateInvasion said:

Fhunkin said:

Always thought Clare was a girl/woman...

ChocolateInvasion said:

I used to think that too (for a while)
But hee, with a name like that !!

http://www.clarefischer.com/


He is one of those rare musicians who truly understands music, not only with his mind but first and most importantly with his heart and soul. His music never stops evolving."
(Daniel Cytrynowicz, Feb. 1999)

Clare Fischer has so many interests, it is impossible to put him in a slot - he writes classical music as well as jazz and jazz as well as classical and both reflect his early street training as well as his academic training. His work has been commissioned by the legendary Hi-Lo's of the 1950's as well as Dizzy Gillespie, Prince, and Richard Stoltzman, with arrangements for Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan, Branford Marsalis, Brandy and so many others.

Clare has been recording for over forty years and here are just a few of the most recent CD's. As we are able to obtain the rights for others, we will be showing them to you here, so keep an eye on this site. The rest is yet to come…….


Born on October 22, 1928 in Durand, Michigan, Clare Fischer is an uncommonly versatile musician, a master with many muses. Trained in the classics, inspired by jazz artists, healed by the rhythms of Latin and Brazilian music, his eclectic sound finds expression in every chart and instrument he touches.

A veteran studio musician and a composer of rare quality, Fischer began his studies in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at South High School with director of music, Glenn Litton. After receiving his master's degree in composition from Michigan State University, where he studied with Dr. H. Owen Reed, he traveled extensively with "The Hi-Lo's" as pianist-conductor for 5 years. About the same time, his musical ascension began with his critically acclaimed arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie's "A Portrait of Duke Ellington." Fischer's influences, absorbed along the way, are as distinct as his music: Stravinsky and Shostakovich, Bartok and Berg, Dutilleux, boogie-woogie pianist Meade Lux Lewis, Nat "King" Cole, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell and early Lee Konitz - Fischer's self-expression knows no boundaries.

"I relate to everything," he explains. "I'm not just jazz, Latin, or classical. I really am a fusion of all of those, not today's fusion, but my fusion."

In 1983 classical concert artist Richard Stoltzman commissioned Fischer to write a symphonic work using Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn themes. The resulting composition, "The Duke, Swee'pea and Me," features Stoltzman on clarinet, and is performed with symphony orchestras around the world. More recently Fischer was commissioned by Stoltzman to write a "Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano" in three movements, which he has recorded with RCA on his album, "American Clarinet" and is being published by Advance Music in Germany.

In 1986 Clare won his second Grammy Award - this one for his album, "Free Fall," the first having been won in 1981 for his album, "Salsa Picante plus 2 + 2." Since that time he has spent more time as a jazz educator, performing solo piano concerts and conducting clinics and master classes in universities and music conservatories in Scandinavia, Europe and throughout the United States.

In the last few years Clare has appeared in Paris, Finland, Norway, Germany with the WDR Big Band, Holland with the Metropole Orchestra, Austria at the Vienna Konzerthaus and in Mexico City at the Ollin Yolítzli Concert Hall in a concert commemorating the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim on the anniversary of his death in December, 1996. In October of 1998 he performed at the Choro Festival with Hélio Delmiro in Sáo Paulo, Brazil and returned in July, 2000 for a three-city tour in that country with Delmiro. In May 2001 Clare completed a European tour teaching master classes and performing solo piano concerts in four countries.

In addition to Dizzie Gillespie, Fischer has written for Cal Tjader, George Shearing, Diane Schuur, Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan and Rufus, The Jacksons, Earl Klugh, Prince, Robert Palmer, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Spike Lee, João Gilberto, Paula Abdul, and most recently Brian McKnight, Regina Belle, J. Spencer, Norman Whitfield, Branford Marsalis, Tori Amos, Terry Trotter, a French group - "Charts," a Japanese group - "Sing Like Talking," Vanessa Williams, Brandy, Tony! Toni! Toné! and many others. His arrangements for strings are truly a revelation.

Since beginning his professional career, Fischer has recorded over 45 albums as leader and has arranged, composed and/or played on another 100 plus albums for other recording artists. His discography reads like a "Who's Who" of the recording industry. Recent releases include "Clare Fischer's Jazz Corps," a big band album made up of 20 brass, 6 woodwinds plus rhythm; and "Symbiosis," recorded with Hélio Delmiro on unamplified Brazilian guitar and Clare on digital piano. In January 2001 Fischer produced his first classical CD, "After the Rain," made up entirely of his own symphonic works.

In December, 1999, Michigan State University School of Music conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree on Clare in recognition of his ".creativity and excellence as a jazz composer, arranger and performer.."

Clare has three grown children; Lee, Brent and Tahlia; and two stepchildren, Lisa and Bill Bachman. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Donna, who he lost when he was 20 and she was 18 because her mother didn't approve of "jazzers." After being apart for 43 years, they are enjoying their storybook marriage of unbelievable happiness, now in its ninth year.

the sun the moon and stars kicks ass , should have been a single

jn2 said:

You're SO right !!

Fhunkin said:

Yeah, then it's easier not to play it.

drawnspace said:

Listen to "After The Rain" - a Clare Fischer solo album with orchestra. It's nice. U can order it from the Clare Fischer-homepage (www.clarefischer.com).
IMO the best Prince/Clare Fischer-collaborations:
Mia Bocca (Jill Jones)
Old Friends 4 Sale
Alexa de Paris
Crystal Ball

DAMN!!! HE'S A GUY???

I always thought Clare would be a High-class looking Classical Music Babe...

Then I see this:



O my god!

WHHYYY???

Thierry said:

Too bad you can't find any of his music in any major record store and lord I looked all over the world.

that's xactly what i was thinking 2 Savanah his arrangements sends chills all ova me!