Born on October 22, 1928 in Durand, Michigan, Clare Fischer is an uncommonly versatile musician, a master with many muses. Trained in the classics, inspired by jazz artists, healed by the rhythms of Latin and Brazilian music, his eclectic sound finds expression in every chart and instrument he touches. A veteran studio musician and a composer of rare quality, Fischer began his studies in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at South High School with director of music, Glenn Litton. After receiving his master's degree in composition from Michigan State University, where he studied with Dr.
H. Owen Reed, he traveled extensively with ?The Hi-Lo's? as pianist-conductor for 5 years. About the same time, his musical ascension began with his critically acclaimed arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie's ?A Portrait of Duke Ellington.? Fischer's influences, absorbed along the way, are as distinct as his music: Stravinsky and Shostakovich, Bartok and Berg, Dutilleux, boogie-woogie pianist Meade Lux Lewis, Nat ?King? Cole, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell and early Lee Konitz
H?lio Delmiro (born May 20, 1947) is a Brazilian guitar player and composer.[1][2]
Delmiro started playing the guitar in early childhood. Since then, he has played with many of the best Brazilian musicians, among whom are Moacyr Silva, M?rcio Montarroyos, Lu?z E?a, Elis Regina, Elza Soares and Elizeth Cardoso. With C?sar Camargo Mariano, he recorded in 1981 the album Samambaia, which still holds as a landmark for Brazilian instrumental music.[1]