John Fischer (pianist)
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John Fischer (born 1930 in Antwerp, Germany) is a pianist, composer and sculptor. 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 Whitcage, Arthur Blythe, Rick Kilburn or Lester Bowie.
[edit] Selected discography
- Composers Collektive Poum : Perry Robinson, Mark Whitcage, Laurence Cook, Mario Pavone (1974)
- Interface : Mark Whitecage, Perry Robinson Armen Halburian, Rick Kilburn, John Shea, Jay Clayton, Laurence Cook (1975)
- 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 (Released 1991)
[edit] Selected exhibitions
- Allan Stone Gallery, New York, (1970)
- Palais des Nations, Geneva, (1981)
- Jazz meets Art, Zürich, (1985)