Clare Fischer Surging Ahead (Vinyl, Fontana, 1963) ****
Genre: Jazz piano
Places I remember: The Little Red Bookstore (Hastings)/ Record Fair in Palmerston North
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Toddler (First Time Out)
Gear costume: Without A Song (Surging Ahead)
Active compensatory factors: I'd never heard of Clare Fischer before seeing an album by him in The Little Red Bookstore in Hastings.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Toddler (First Time Out)
Gear costume: Without A Song (Surging Ahead)
Being a big fan of piano trios, and recognising bassist Gary Peacock's name meant a punt.
Wow. Good thing I did. Turns out Clare is some kinda genius on the piano. Why he's not spoken of in the same breath as Bill Evans is one of music's great mysteries.
There is an easy swing to these albums, and the relaxed feeling that you are in good hands (get it?).
Recently, I picked up Surging Ahead while browsing at a record fair in Palmerston North. It was going cheap because the seller didn't really know much about him and, it needs to be said, the covers are pretty average. By the way my copies are NZ pressings via Philips, so they don't include the huge Pacific Jazz bit, indicating where the albums were recorded, as pictured above.
Where do they all belong? Great additions to the jazz piano section.
Where do they all belong? Great additions to the jazz piano section.
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