John Fischer (pianist)
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John Fischer (born 1930 in Antwerp, Brussels) is a pianist, composer and visual artist. He is also a pioneer in the field of computer art. During the 1970s, during the loft jazz era in New York City, Fischer ran a performance loft and gallery known as Environ. He is leader of the group Interface and he performed with a.o. Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Arthur Blythe, Rick Kilburn or Lester Bowie.
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[edit] Discography
- Composers Collektive Poum : Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Laurence Cook, Mario Pavone (1974)
- Interface : Mark Whitecage, Perry Robinson Armen Halburian, Rick Kilburn, John Shea, Jay Clayton, Laurence Cook (1975)
- 6 x 1 = 10 Decade (Circle Records (Germany), 1978)
- Interface with Marion Brown (1979)
- John Fischer Theo Jörgensmann Deep Blue Lake (1984)
- Environ Days : Lester Bowie, Perry Robinson, Charles Tyler, Marion Brown, Arthur Blythe, Philip Wilson (recorded 1970s, Released 1991)
- Live at Environ: Perry Robinson, Rick Kilburn, John Fischer (1975)
- Live in Eastern Europe: Perry Robinson, John Fischer (1983)
- another INTERface - Live at the BIM: Arthur Blythe / Wilbur Morris / John Fischer (1977)
- State of the A: Mark Whitecage. Philip Wilson, Rick Kilburn, John Fischer (1976)
- Swiss Radio Days - Volume 2: John Fischer solo piano (1985)
- Swiss Radio Days - Volume 3: Theo Jorgensmann - Clarinet, John Fischer - Piano (1985)
- Swiss Radio Days - Volume 4: John Fischer - Piano, Mark Whitecage - Alto Saxophone, Jurg Solothurmann - Tenor Saxophone, Hans Kumpf - Clarinet, George Steinmann - Electric Guitar (1986)
- Jam Session- Moscow:Hans Kumpf & John Fischer (pianist) with, Leonid Tchizick
[edit] Selected exhibitions
- Allan Stone Gallery, New York, (1970)
- Palais des Nations, Geneva, (1981)
- Jazz meets Art, Zürich, (1985)
