John Fischer (pianist)

John Fischer (11 August 1930 – 17 August 2016) was an American pianist, composer, and visual artist. He was a pioneer in the field of computer art. In the 1970s, during the loft jazz era in New York City, Fischer ran a performance loft and gallery known as Environ. He was leader of the group Interface and he performed with Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Arthur Blythe, Rick Kilburn, and Lester Bowie, among others.

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 × 1 = 10 Decade (Circle Records, 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, Phillip 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. Phillip Wilson, Rick Kilburn, John Fischer (1976)
• Swiss Radio Days – Volume 2: John Fischer solo piano (1985)
• Swiss Radio Days – Volume 3: Theo Jörgensmann – 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

Selected exhibitions

• Allan Stone Gallery, New York, (1970)
• Palais des Nations, Geneva, (1981)
• Jazz meets Art, Zürich, (1985)

References

External links

• John Fischer's Website
• Pianist John Fischer verstarb 86-jährig in New York (German obituary by Hans Kumpf at Jazzpages)