WILLIAM S. FISCHER

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William S. Fischer (born March 5, 1935, Shelby, Mississippi) is an American keyboardist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer.

Fischer worked early in his career with blues and R&B musicians, playing in the 1950s with Ray Charles, Guitar Slim, Big Joe Turner, and Muddy Waters. He took a bachelor's degree at Xavier University in 1956 and a master's in Colorado College in 1962, after which he returned to Xavier as a teacher. He also studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performance in 1965-66. From 1967 to 1975 he taught in New York public schools.

He worked extensively as an arranger and session musician for jazz and popular music recordings, working with Joe Zawinul, Herbie Mann, and Les McCann in the 1960s. In the 1970s he was associated with Yusef Lateef, Roberta Flack, Gene Ammons, and Junior Mance among others. He led his own group in the 1970s (which recorded an album in
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WILLIAM S. FISCHER Circles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Circles
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1970
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Akelarre Sorta
RnB 1972
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Omen
Jazz Related Improv/Composition 1972
WILLIAM S. FISCHER William S. Fischer, Fernando Unsain ‎: Akelarre Sorta Hiru album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
William S. Fischer, Fernando Unsain ‎: Akelarre Sorta Hiru
RnB 1972

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