John Fischer (pianist)

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 Whitecage, Arthur Blythe, Rick Kilburn or Lester Bowie.

Selected 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)
*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)

Selected exhibitions

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

External links

* [http://www.susqu.edu/Art_Gallery/electronic/electronic.htm Digital prints by John Fischer]