Clare Fischer discography
This is the discography for American jazz musician Clare Fischer.
As leader
- Jazz
- First Time Out
- Bossa Nova Jazz Samba with Bud Shank
- Brasamba! with Bud Shank and Joe Pass
- Surging Ahead
- Extension
- So Danço Samba
- Manteca!
- Easy Livin'
- Songs for Rainy Day Lovers – reissued in 1978
- One to Get Ready, Four to Go
- Thesaurus – reissued in 1979
- Great White Hope
- Love is Surrender: Ralph Carmichael Presents the Multi-Keyboards of Clare Fischer
- T'DA-A-A! – Clare Fischer & the Yamaha Quartet
- Clare Fischer In the Reclamation Act of 1972!
- Tell It Like It Is
- Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation – with Warne Marsh and Gary Foster
- Music Inspired by the Kinetic Sculpture of Don Conard Mobiles
- The State of His Art
- Clare Declares
- America the Beautiful – previously released as Songs for Rainy Day Lovers in 1967
- Jazz Song
- 'Twas Only Yesterday – previously released as Thesaurus in 1968
- Clare Fischer & EX-42 – originally released as T'DA-A-A! in 1972
- Duality
- Salsa Picante
- Alone Together – Clare Fischer & the Brunner-Schwer Steinway, re-released in 1997
- 2+2 – winner Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording
- Machaca
- Head, Heart and Hands
- And Sometimes Voices – with 2+2
- September Afternoon – with Donald Byrd
- Starbright – with Gary Foster
- Whose Woods Are These? – with Gary Foster, Grammy nomination
- Extension – with Jerry Coker
- Crazy Bird – Re-released in 1992
- Free Fall – winner Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
- Clare Fischer Plays
- Tjaderama
- Blues Trilogy – with Gary Foster
- Waltz
- Remembrances
- Memento
- Just Me: Solo Piano Excursions
- Rockin' in Rhythm – Clare Fischer & Friends
- The Latin Side – Clare Fischer & Metropole Orchestra
- Clare Fischer's Jazz Corps
- Latin Patterns – Clare Fischer & The Legendary MPS Sessions
- Symbiosis – Clare Fischer & Hélio Delmiro
- Bert van den Brink Invites Clare Fischer
- After the Rain
- On a Turquoise Cloud
- Introspectivo
- A Family Affair
- ...And Sometimes Instruments – The Clare Fischer Voices
- Continuum – The Clare Fischer Big Band
- ¡Ritmo! – The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band, winner Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
- Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest – winner Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
As arranger
With Donald Byrd- September Afternoon – recorded in 1956 and 1957
- and The Hi-Lo's
- *Suddenly It's the Hi-Lo's – uncredited, also piano
- *Ring Around Rosie – uncredited, also piano
- *Love Nest – uncredited, also piano
- *The Hi-Lo's and All That Jazz – also piano
- *This Time It's Love
- *Now - The Hi-Lo's! – also electric piano
- and Singers Unlimited
- *A Special Blend – also electric piano
With Al Grey
- The Thinking Man's Trombone – 5-part a capella arrangement for trumpet, two trombones, tenor and baritone saxophones on "Tenderly"
- West Side Story – also piano
- Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen
- Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil – also piano
With Stan Kenton
With David Raksin
- Will Penny': Music from the Motion Picture and Other Themes – arranged "Flugelhorn Samba"
- The Smooth Side of Ruff – orchestral arrangement on "Pa Moscunia Vechera"
- In the Beginning – also piano
With The JacksonsDestiny – string arrangements on "Push Me Away"
With Osamu Kitajima
- Masterless Samurai, strings on "Breath of Night"
- Autumn in New York - also conductor
- Reaching for Tomorrow, strings on "A Brighter Tomorrow"
- String arrangement on "Vereda Tropical" on the Havana Moon LP, misspelled as Claire Fisher
With The Baylor University A Cappella Choir
- Fairest Lord Jesus – hymn settings
- Desiree – string arrangement on "Until Tonight"
- Heavy Nova – string arrangements
- Don't Explain
- Ridin' High
With Paul McCartney
- Flowers in the Dirt – orchestral arrangement on "Distractions" and on "The Lovers That Never Were"
- Music From 'Do the Right Thing
- Paulyna Carraz – string arrangements on "Delirio" and "Otra Vez"
- Moon in the Scorpio
With Diane Schuur
- In Tribute – string arrangements and piano on "The Man I Love" and "'Round Midnight"
- Here It Is – string arrangement on "Hold Me"
- It's About Time – also electric piano, liner notes
- A Moment – orchestrations and string arrangements on "I'm Not Over You"
- Najee Plays Songs from the Key of Life: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder – strings on "Village Ghetto Land"
With Chanticleer
- Lost in the Stars – "In the Still of the Night"
With Carl Saunders
- Eclecticism
- Snowflakes – string arrangements on "Santa Please," "Pretty Please", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
- More Than a Woman, orchestral arrangements
- Untitled – conductor, string arrangements
As sideman
With Bud Shank- Bossa Nova Jazz Samba – piano
- Brasamba! – piano
- Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings – piano, arrangements
- Soña Libré – organ, piano
- Guarabe – electric piano
- Huracán – electric piano
- Here
- Catch Me! – piano and organ
- Chile Con Soul – organ
- Work of Love – keyboards
- The Bill Stewart Show. 500 – LP recording of one-hour radio show with guest Clare Fischer
- Songs of Living Hope – piano and organ
With Moacir Santos
With Lalo Schifrin
With Disneyland Records
- Island at the Top of the World – 'Storyteller' LP adaptation of feature film features Fischer adapting Maurice Jarre's score for organ.
- Escape From Witch Island – 'Storyteller' LP adaptation of feature film features Fischer adapting Johnny Mandel's score for organ.
- Virtuoso Guitar – piano, electric piano
With Donald Byrd
- Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. - keyboards
- Many Ways to Go – organ
- Black and White
- Slowly
With Jon Crosse
- Lullabies Go Jazz: Sweet Songs for Sweet Dreams
- Peter and the Wolf Play Jazz
- Pump It
- Taking Notes
- Crossroads
- In Harmony's Way
- Christmas at My House – electric piano
With Ettore Stratta & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Symphonic Boleros – piano on César Portillo's "Delirio" and MarÃa Grever's "Cuando Vuelva a tu Lado," both arranged by Jorge Calandrelli
- El Piano Manzanero y sus amigos on "Como yo te amé" and "Ojalá Que Seas Tú"; acoustic piano. BMG U.S. Latin – 7 43212 61222 6, RCA – 7 43212 61222 6
- Talk to Me – electric piano on "Sabor a MÃ" and "If"