Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present "2 + 2"

Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present "2 + 2"
Studio album by Clare Fischer
Released February 1981
Recorded September 1980
at Capitol Records
Genre Latin jazz
Label Pausa Records
PR 7086
Clare Fischer chronology
Salsa Picante
(1980)		 Clare Fischer
&
Salsa Picante Present
"2 + 2"
(1981)		 Machaca
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Los Angeles Times[1]
External audio
You may listen to "Du, Du...." here

Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante Present "2 + 2" is an album by American keyboardist/composer-arranger Clare Fischer, recorded in September 1980 and released in February 1981 by Pausa Records,[1][2] and in Germany on the MPS label, as Foreign Exchange – The First Album.[3] Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 would be reissued on CD in 1999, and as a digital download in 2012, as Latin Patterns, a compilation of remastered highlights from four of Fischer's MPS LPs from this period.[4][5][6]

The album represents a number of firsts for Fischer, including his first Grammy (specifically, the album's final track, "Guajira Pa' La Jeva," named 1981's Best Latin Recording),[7][8] as well as a pair of recording debuts, first, that of 2 + 2, the vocal quartet with which Fischer supplemented his Latin jazz ensemble [1] (thus tying together two key components of his wide-ranging musical universe), and, of equal if not greater import, that of his son Brent Fischer, marking the beginning of a fruitful – and more than three-decade-long – professional association.

Reception

Los Angeles Times jazz critic Leonard Feather awarded the album four stars, making particular note of the album's seamless blend of vocal and instrumental units:

Their blend is splendid, they are at times expertly integrated with the band through Fischer's compositions, lyrics and arrangements; and they are quadrilingual, starting in German and proceeding to English, Spanish and doo-be-doo, the Esperanto of jazz. The rhythm, generally timbales-oriented, could have used more bottom. Darlene Koldenhoven, the lead soprano, is a striking discovery.[1]

Track listing

All selections composed by Clare Fischer except where noted.

Side A

  1. "Du, Du...." (trad./arr. Clare Fischer) - 5:57
  2. "Legacy" - 2:35
  3. "Morning" - 3:36
  4. "Guajira Pa' La Jeva" (words - Jose "Perico" Hernadez, music - Poncho Sanchez and Clare Fischer) - 4:30

Side B

  1. "Leavin'" - 3:25
  2. "Funquiado" - 6:46
  3. "Thru the Ages" - 4:21
  4. "Melancolico" (words - Barbara Ransom, music - Clare Fischer) - 7:07

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Feather, Leonard. "Jazz Albums". The Los Angeles Times. February 22, 1981. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Clare Fischer & Salsa Picante presents "2 + 2" (Musical LP, 1981)". Worldcat. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  3. ↑ "Foreign Exchange – The first album (Music, 1981)". Worldcat. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  4. ↑ Payne, Doug. Liner Notes from Latin Patterns. DougPayne.com. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  5. ↑ "Latin Patterns (Music, 1999)". Worldcat. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  6. ↑ "Latin Patterns: The Legendary MPS Sessions Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  7. ↑ Green, Paul. "Quincy Jones Takes Top Honors at Grammy Awards; Miscellaneous Fields". Billboard. March 6, 1982. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  8. ↑ Past Winners Search for "Clare Fischer". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
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