Awards & Winners

Clare Fischer

Date of Birth 22-October-1928
Place of Birth Durand
(Michigan, Shiawassee County, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Clare Fisher, Fischer, Clare, Douglas Fisher, Claire Fischer, Clair Fischer, Douglas Clare Fischer, Douglas Fischer, Claire Fisher, C. Fischer, Clair Fisher
Profession Composer, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist, Music Arranger, Session musician, Keyboard Player
Douglas Clare Fischer was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University, he became the pianist and arranger for the vocal group The Hi-Lo’s in the late 1950s. Fischer went on to work with Donald Byrd and Dizzy Gillespie, and became known for his Latin and bossa nova recordings in the 1960s. He composed the Latin jazz standard, "Morning", and the jazz standard, "Pensativa". Consistently cited by jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock as a major influence, he was nominated for eleven Grammy Awards during his lifetime, winning for his landmark album, Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present "2 + 2", 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. Dr. Fischer was also a posthumous Grammy winner for ¡Ritmo! and for Music for Strings, Percussion and the Rest.

Awards by Clare Fischer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Clare Fischer.

2013


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
Honored for : Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement In The Beginning
Track from: Continuum

1981


Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording
Honored for : Guajira Pa La Jeva
(Artist)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording Guajira Pa La Jeva