[Dixielandjazz] Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 110, Issue 3

[Zach Keeter]

Clare Fischer? Wasn't she on Six Feet Under?

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>   1. Re: Pianist, composer, arranger Clare Fischer dies at 83--LA
>      Times (Don Ingle)
>   2. Request (Scott Anthony)
>   3. Re: Request (M J (Mike) Logsdon)
>   4. Billy Banks characteristic blues (ROBERT R. CALDER)
>   5. Request re "Blues Over Bodega" (Bill Haesler)
>   6. Re: Billy Banks characteristic blues (Steve Voce)
>   7. Re: Request re "Blues Over Bodega" (Art Wood)
>   8. Re: Request (M J (Mike) Logsdon)
>   9. Cab Calloway Special on PBS this month! (david richoux)
>  10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Stephen G Barbone)
>  11. Request (John Gill)
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> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:40 -0500
> From: Don Ingle <cornet at 1010internet.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pianist, composer, arranger Clare Fischer
>    dies at 83--LA Times
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> On 1/27/2012 6:54 PM, Norman Vickers wrote:
>> To Musicians and Jazzfans; DJML
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>> From: Norman Vickers, Jazz Society of Pensacola
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>> Clare Fischer dies at 83; versatile pianist, composer, arranger
>> 
>> 
>> The Grammy-winning musician's interests included jazz, Latin and pop music,
>> and he released more than 50 albums under his name.
>> 
>> 
>> it is also called the Pittman-Robertson fundews clip said:
>>    (Clare) Fischer died Thursday at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank
>> of complications of a
>>  heart attack suffered two weeks ago, according to family
>> spokeswoman Claris Dodge.
>> 
>> Don Ingle added:
> I knew Clare at Michigan State- he was two years ahead of me but our 
> paths crossed often - I even gigged with him a time or two, but
> we were out of two different schools of musical thought. But he was a 
> marvelous player - much technique, very advanced ideas, and an early 
> enthusiast for Latin music.
> Sorry to learn of his passing. Guess the old clock is ticking away too 
> fast these days. But music helps keep us alive in spirit and sometimes 
> even in body.
> Vaya con Dios, Clare - an old MSU alum will remember you fondly.
> 
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>> 
>> Although Fischer entered the professional music world through jazz, his
>> expansive creative perspective quickly grew to embrace many other musical
>> areas.
>> 
>> "I relate to everything," he explained in a 1987 interview with The Times.
>> "I'm not just jazz, Latin or classical. I really am a fusion of all of
>> those, not today's fusion, but my fusion." He went on to describe his
>> fascination with Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Bartok, as well as
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/duke-ellington-PECLB001555
>> .topic>  Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Lee Konitz,
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/tito-puente-PECLB00000060478.top
>> ic>  Tito Puente and boogie-woogie pianist Meade Lux Lewis.
>> 
>> Regardless of the area in which he was working, Fischer's arranging and
>> composing always possessed a rich harmonic palette, one that attracted and
>> influenced other musicians.
>> 
>> "Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept," noted
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/herbie-hancock-PECLB0000006506.t
>> opic>  Herbie Hancock, describing Fischer's arrangements for the 1950s vocal
>> group the Hi-Lo's as having a significant impact upon his own recording,
>> "Speak Like a Child."
>> 
>> Fischer's arranging was especially valued by pop and rock artists for the
>> lush, classical qualities of the textures he created, especially for string
>> ensembles. Working closely with his son, Brent Fischer, also an arranger and
>> conductor, he provided arrangements and orchestrations for Paul McCartney,
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/chaka-khan-PECLB00000060967.topi
>> c>  Chaka Khan,
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/carlos-santana-PECLB001776
>> 4442.topic>  Carlos Santana, Rufus,
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/brandy-%28singer%29-PECLB0
>> 00644.topic>  Brandy, Prince and numerous others. His first film credit was
>> the music for Prince's "Under the Cherry Moon."
>> 
>> In addition to his writing efforts, Fischer was a busy studio keyboardist,
>> performing, composing or arranging for commercials, film and television
>> scores, and more than 100 albums for other artists.
>> 
>> He also released more than 50 albums under his own name in a recording
>> career that began in 1962 with the Pacific Records album "First Time Out."
>> His diverse ensembles included the Latin group
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/genres/salsa-%28genre%29-01011000
>> 255.topic>  Salsa Picante; the vocal ensemble 2 + 2; his Clarinet Choir; a
>> big, 30-piece band called Clare Fischer's Jazz Corps; solo piano
>> performances; pairings with Donald Byrd,
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/gary-foster-PECLB0000011569.topi
>> c>  Gary Foster, Jerry Coker and others; and a duo with Fischer's digital
>> piano and the acoustic guitar of Helio Delmiro.
>> 
>> "After the Rain," produced in 2001, was his first classical recording, a
>> collection of his symphonic works.
>> 
>> He won two Grammy awards, in 1981 for "Clare Fischer and Salsa Picante
>> Present 2+2" and in 1986 for "Freefall."
>> 
>> Douglas Clare Fischer was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Durand, Mich., the third of
>> four children. His first instruments were violin and piano. By the time he
>> was in his teens, after his family had moved to Grand Rapids, he was
>> composing and writing arrangements for big dance bands. His versatility as
>> an instrumentalist grew to include cello, clarinet and saxophone during his
>> high school years. In 1947, he entered Michigan State University, majoring
>> in composition and theory, graduating in 1951 cum laude with a bachelor's
>> degree in music.
>> 
>> After serving in the
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/defense/u.s.-army-ORGOV00
>> 00126141142.topic>  U.S. Army, he returned to Michigan State, receiving a
>> master's in music in 1955.
>> 
>> Fischer's professional career escalated in the late 1950s during his
>> five-year association as pianist/arranger/conductor with the musically
>> adventurous Hi-Lo's. But it was his arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie's 1960
>> album, "A Portrait of Duke Ellington," that brought him the full attention
>> of the jazz community. Albums for George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Bud Shank and
>> Joe Pass followed. In the mid-'70s a reunion with Tjader also revived
>> Fischer's fascination with Latin music via his Salsa Picante group. His
>> affection for Brazilian music in general, and bossa nova in particular,
>> resulted in albums such as "So Danco Samba," "Lembrancas" and "Symbiosis."
>> 
>> In the '80s, Fischer became an arranger and orchestrator of choice for many
>> major pop artists.
>> 
>> In 1988, Fischer had a freeway encounter with another driver that climaxed
>> in a physical confrontation at the side of the road. Fischer, 60 at the
>> time, was pushed to the ground by the combined assault of the driver and his
>> companion, suffering a hairline
>> <http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/human-body/skull-fracture-HEINW000010.t
>> opic>  skull fracture and a concussion. He was in the hospital, in and out of
>> consciousness for two weeks. It took nearly a year before he was able to
>> return to music.
>> 
>> "If I discovered anything in that strange, 10-month period of recovery," he
>> said in a 1992 interview, "it's that music is the one thing that makes me
>> sane."
>> 
>> He is survived by his wife, Donna; his children, Lee, Brent and Tahlia; two
>> stepchildren, Lisa and Bill Bachman; three grandchildren; and a brother,
>> Stewart.
>> 
>>  <mailto:news.obits at latimes.com>  news.obits at latimes.com
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>> Copyright C 2012,<http://www.latimes.com/>  Los Angeles Times
>> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:10:02 -0800
> From: "Scott Anthony" <santh at comcast.net>
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Request
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> Hello all,
> 
> The upcoming issue of the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation publication, "The Frisco Cricket", is going to feature a bunch of previously unpublished photos of the recording session of the 1963 "Blues Over Bodega" Lu Watters album. If anyone out there has a copy of the original LP, would they be willing to take as high a resolution as possible digital shot of the album cover and send it to me off list. I would really appreciate it.
> 
> I used to have this LP, and I remember the cover reading either "Blues Over Bodega" or "Battle For Bodega". The only online picture I have been able to track down (which was obviously generated by trying to scan a 13" square LP cover with a regular desktop scanner so that it is really badly cropped) says "Memories of the Bodega Battle" which doesn't sound correct although the background picture of Lu Watters looks familiar.
> 
> Another curious twist that I am going to mention in the article is that the cover of the CD reissue of the LP called "Blues Over Bodega" shows Bob Neighbor (second trumpet) and Turk Murphy on trombone, neither of whom were actually on the original recording.
> 
> Scott Anthony
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> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:33:18 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
> From: "M J (Mike) Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Request
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> Scott:
> 
> "Memories of the Bodega Battle" was Ted Shafer's reissue, which Lu told him he could do because he (Lu) owned the copyright.  Lu was wrong.  Fantasy thoroughly understood when Ted told them why he'd reissued it.
> 
> The pics with Turk and Neighbor were featured on one, maybe two, heavy-stock posters for two fundraiser events held at Earthquake's.  I have two original posters displayed in my living room, where I'm not right now, so can't verify details at the moment.  One definitely has the outdoor shot with Neighbor (taken at the "site"), and the other has an indoor shot possibly with Neighbor, I'm not sure (at the moment).  The indoor shot was featured on the poster for the second of the two events, and was no doubt taken at the first event.
> 
> Sent from my cOmputer
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:43:59 +0000 (GMT)
> From: "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com>
> To: "dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Billy Banks characteristic blues
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> who can forget Billy Banks with Bechet --- and the poetry of the song 
> 
> Characteristic Blues 
> 
> "it was only a bedbug making his last go round!"
> and the yodelling!?
> and the most joyous clarinet playing
> 
> I seem to remember some now departed seniors reminiscing about Banks doing a female impersonator act in London long ago, and with a handkerchief on his head ...?
> Billy Banks remains a wonderful encouragement of sanity!
> 
> Robert Calder 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:35:50 +1100
> From: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> To: Scott Anthony <santh at comcast.net>,    Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
>    <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Request re "Blues Over Bodega"
> Message-ID: <39AC8719-3037-4DA2-BE54-455C352189E2 at bigpond.net.au>
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> Dear Scott,
> Others (Mike Logsden, et al) should be able to help with the requested scan of the 'Bodega' LP as I don't have the original Fantasy LP S8-5016.
> However, from the description of the "badly cropped" online pic you have with the title "Memories of the Bodega Battle", I believe that this is the Volume Five ? Homespun Records H-105 reissue - which I am holding in my hand at the moment. 
> With a great Ed Lawless photograph of Lu in a checkered lumberjack jacket leaning on the balcony of his shack. 
> I also have the Good Time Jazz (Fantasy) CD you mention, ' Blues Over Bodega' GTJCD-12066-2, reissued in 2000. 
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
> PS: That Bodega album is a favourite album of mine. So-much-so that I am spinning it while writing this.
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:23:33 +0000
> From: Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com>
> To: "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Billy Banks characteristic blues
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> He was  lovely fellow. I met him in Nottingham in 1953 when I was in the RAF. I have a privately recorded LP that he made with the Merseysippis Jazz Band at an all- night party a few days later.
> Steve Voce
> .
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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> On 2 Feb 2012, at 22:43, "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> who can forget Billy Banks with Bechet --- and the poetry of the song 
>> 
>> Characteristic Blues 
>> 
>> "it was only a bedbug making his last go round!"
>> and the yodelling! 
>> and the most joyous clarinet playing
>> 
>> I seem to remember some now departed seniors reminiscing about Banks doing a female impersonator act in London long ago, and with a handkerchief on his head ... 
>> Billy Banks remains a wonderful encouragement of sanity!
>> 
>> Robert Calder 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:06:16 -0800
> From: Art Wood <artwoo at aol.com>
> To: Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Request re "Blues Over Bodega"
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> Hi: What a gem of an album that is! I believe that Lu came out of retirement to play and protest a planned nuclear plant in Bodega Bay that was never built. The highlight for me was Wally Rose playing Pork and Beans...what a fluid and effortless style he had on the piano. Wally avoided the typical grinder approach to ragtime piano. Bob Helm was great. It is fun to hear his surprise phrases which remind me of Pee Wee Russell. I think Bob was always trying to be fresh and not rely on the same phrases.
> 
> Barbara Dane was also in top form; her diction and delivery were superb.
> Respectfully, Art Wood SF Bay Area
> -- 
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
> 
> Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> 
> Dear Scott,
> Others (Mike Logsden, et al) should be able to help with the requested scan of the 'Bodega' LP as I don't have the original Fantasy LP S8-5016.
> However, from the description of the "badly cropped" online pic you have with the title "Memories of the Bodega Battle", I believe that this is the Volume Five ? Homespun Records H-105 reissue - which I am holding in my hand at the moment. 
> With a great Ed Lawless photograph of Lu in a checkered lumberjack jacket leaning on the balcony of his shack. 
> I also have the Good Time Jazz (Fantasy) CD you mention, ' Blues Over Bodega' GTJCD-12066-2, reissued in 2000. 
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
> PS: That Bodega album is a favourite album of mine. So-much-so that I am spinning it while writing this.
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> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:27:00 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
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> Bodega pics:
> 
> Home now.  I had the pics reversed in my mind.  The May 1st 1963 event poster features an inside shot, with both Lu and Kinch present.  The July 28th 1963 poster shows the "on-site" shot.
> 
> If my memory serves me correctly, Ted Shafer's CD with the live recording at Earthquake's is from an event different from either of the two dates mentioned above.
> 
> Sent from my cOmputer
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:02:25 -0800
> From: david richoux <domitype at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Cab Calloway Special on PBS this month!
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> Hi all,
> 
> For those who can get PBS - there will be a 2 hour special on Cab as
> part of the American Masters series - check your local listings but it
> will probably be on sometime in February.
> 
> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/cab-calloway-sketches/about-the-documentary/1958/
> 
> I would guess it will eventually be available as a DVD or something
> for everybody, but who knows...
> 
> Dave Richoux
> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:12:39 -0500
> From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>, tradjazz at list.okom.com
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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> All good things finally come to an end I guess. We old folks who love  
> this music and the Cabaret scene just don't get
> around much anymore. RIP, Algonquin Room, you had a good run.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
> 
> 
> By Stephen Holden, NY TIMES, Feb 2, 2012
> 
> End of a Cabaret Era: The Oak Room Is Closed for Good
> 
> After a 32-year run, the Oak Room, the fabled supper club and cabaret  
> at the Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street in Manhattan, will no  
> longer operate when the hotel reopens in May after an extensive  
> renovation, the Algonquin?s general manager, Gary J. Budge, announced  
> on Thursday. He cited declining audiences in spite of ?top-notch  
> performers.?
> 
> In its three decades the Oak Room was the venue of choice for artists  
> like Andrea Marcovicci, who celebrated her 25th season at the club at  
> the end of last year, as well as Karen Akers, KT Sullivan, Sandy  
> Stewart and Bill Charlap, Steve Ross, and Barbara Carroll, who  
> established a successful Sunday jazz brunch series. The club also gave  
> important exposure to younger performers like Maude Maggart and Emily  
> Bergl.
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> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:47:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: John Gill <smokewagon at yahoo.com>
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> Scott
> Fantasy reissued "Blues Over Bodega" in 2000 using the original cover shot. They changed the color scheme to various shades of brown, but that is the picture from the original LP cover. Inside the booklet is the same photo of Lu from the back of the LP. The photo shows Lu being backed up by The Murphy Band of the period. The photo was taken at the site of the protest, and you can see some of the balloons that were released. Turk's band was supposed to be on the record but Turk backed out at the last minute over some kind of disagreement and a new band was hastily put together. At least that's the story I got from Bob Helm. Ted Shafer used an Ed Lawless picture of Lu for the cover when he reissued the LP in the 70's.
> John Gill
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