Clare Fischer

Sentimental Clare

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Music

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• Clare
• Fischer
• jazz
• piano
• composer
• arranger

[McAwesomestein]

Ugg boots and short shorts. Nice.

[Maxtwins9904]

A living musical institution.

Enjoy it and if you live in the L.A. area go see him play you'll be glad you did.

[montunero522]

R.I.P. Clare.

[jasvmusic]

Descanse en paz Clare Fisher.

[Hs3u39]

Requiescat in pace, Clare.

[crossleydd42]

@dvdspd21 Yes, I did know about his demise. Sad that such a talent is no longer amongst us.

[joeylodes]

RIP Clare

[dvdspd21]

@crossleydd42

Indeed it's not surprising that he should. Clare was a connoisseur of fine lyrics; he appreciated the best, but made a point, in particular, of bemoaning the pedestrian lyrics generally tacked onto Ellington's work. OMG! It just occurred 2 me as I'm speaking here in the past tense that u may not yet have gotten the horrible news. I'm so sorry 2 be the one 2 tell u, but Clare died yesterday, of complications stemming from a heart attack suffered two weeks earlier.

[crossleydd42]

@dvdspd21 Very interesting and good to know that you have posted this rarity for posterity. I should have mentioned in my earlier 'Thx' post that the last line of 'I didn't know about You' has different and more notes from SL, no doubt to cater for the words added later. So he actually was playing SL as he said.

[dvdspd21]

@crossleydd42

My pleasure. BTW, speaking of great CF piano performances w/ attendant mysteries, u might want 2 check out the vid I recently uploaded 4 his take on "Someday My Prince Will Come," from a CD burned from unidentified analog sources (i.e. a cassette mix culled from various undocumented LPs BITD, including that now-forgotten album I'd borrowed from the NYPL, which housed this particular track). My best guess is mid-60's to early 70's, but, even shrouded in mystery, it's magnificent.

[crossleydd42]

@dvdspd21 Thx for revealing the mystery. I know it as 'I Didn't Know about You', but just couldn't bring it to mind. Didn't realise it had a different title before words were added. Yes, it did take a long while to resolve!

[dvdspd21]

@crossleydd42 @EyMeng @Gorsegrower

It's amazing that, after 5 years, this hasn't been resolved (& I'm not quite sure why a largely correct answer was flagged as spam), but the answer appears 2B (2 paraphrase Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown"): it's "Sentimental Lady" AND "I Didn't Know About You." SL was indeed the initial title of Ellington's vehicle 4 Hodges; the name change was necessitated by the lyrics added by Bob Russell a year or two later. (Source: Wiki, confirmed by ASCAP ACE Title Search)