Time: 70:57
Size: 162.4 MB
Styles: Vocal harmonies
Year: 2011
Art: Front
[3:48] 1. Tom Cat
[4:16] 2. Mood Indigo
[2:56] 3. America The Beautiful
[3:09] 4. Una Mañana
[1:55] 5. I Should Care
[3:36] 6. Chopin Etude Opus 10, Number 6
[6:07] 7. Bachi
[4:13] 8. If
[3:27] 9. You're My Thrill (Feat. Don Shelton)
[4:28] 10. Last Night When We Were Young
[3:57] 11. Waiting For Jack's Plane
[2:43] 12. The Boy Next Door
[4:23] 13. Happy Time
[2:38] 14. When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:19] 15. I'm Fine (Feat. Gary Foster)
[2:28] 16. So What Do I Care
[2:25] 17. Memories Of Gold
[2:47] 18. Manhã
[5:02] 19. Love At Home
[4:10] 20. Pan Pipe Dance
Pianist, arranger and composer Clare Fischer, who died at age 83 this past January, often described himself as the best-kept secret in jazz. In a career spanning six decades, he worked with myriad masters, among them Bud Shank, Joe Pass, Cal Tjader, Prince, Michael Jackson, Branford Marsalis and João Gilberto. He arranged for the Hi-Lo’s, the Singers Unlimited and Sergio Mendes and recorded 51 albums as a solo performer and bandleader.
...And Sometimes Instruments is a rather unusual olio, lovingly pasted together by Fischer’s son Brent, who also plays electric bass, vibes, marimba, shakers and rainstick. (Overachievement obviously didn’t skip a generation.) All 20 tracks are built around vocal arrangements, with four principal voices soprano Mary Hylan, alto Angie Jaree and tenors Gary Jones and David Joyce plus baritone/bass Bob Joyce on 17 tracks and several more scattered throughout.
Some of the arrangements date back decades; a couple tracks were lifted from tapes recorded in the ’90s; and the rest of the material existed in various stages of development. There are half a dozen standards, all strongly reminiscent of the Hi-Lo’s/Singers Unlimited, several Fischer compositions (including his dazzling “Morning,” presented in both Spanish and Portuguese), a bit of Chopin, some musical tomfoolery (one track, complete with meow choruses, pays tribute to a housecat), and even an august “America the Beautiful.” It’s a lot to take in, rather like an overly bountiful smorgasbord, but it serves as golden testament to the breadth of Fischer’s artistry. ~Christopher Loudon
...And Sometimes Instruments is a rather unusual olio, lovingly pasted together by Fischer’s son Brent, who also plays electric bass, vibes, marimba, shakers and rainstick. (Overachievement obviously didn’t skip a generation.) All 20 tracks are built around vocal arrangements, with four principal voices soprano Mary Hylan, alto Angie Jaree and tenors Gary Jones and David Joyce plus baritone/bass Bob Joyce on 17 tracks and several more scattered throughout.
Some of the arrangements date back decades; a couple tracks were lifted from tapes recorded in the ’90s; and the rest of the material existed in various stages of development. There are half a dozen standards, all strongly reminiscent of the Hi-Lo’s/Singers Unlimited, several Fischer compositions (including his dazzling “Morning,” presented in both Spanish and Portuguese), a bit of Chopin, some musical tomfoolery (one track, complete with meow choruses, pays tribute to a housecat), and even an august “America the Beautiful.” It’s a lot to take in, rather like an overly bountiful smorgasbord, but it serves as golden testament to the breadth of Fischer’s artistry. ~Christopher Loudon
...And Sometimes Instruments
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