Stewart "Dirk" Fischer

Stewart Roussin Fischer (September 1, 1924 – February 25, 2013) known professionally as Dirk Fischer or Dirty Dirk Fischer was an American composer, arranger, educator, trumpeter, and valve trombonist. Before moving to California in 1959, he spent his young adulthood in the Northern Plains, performing with and writing for territory bands booked out of Omaha, Nebraska. He was the brother of Clare Fischer. and Sanford ("Sandy") J. Siegelstein were assigned. The Camp housed two hundred and fifty Allied Forces musicians. Although Fischer took a course in arranging from Evans, who had been drafted, he already knew and practiced what Evans was teaching. Fischer was a member of a black military big band in Pennsylvania. When the Army segregated soldiers by race, music helped him bridge the gap.

Territory bands Under the G.I. Bill, Fischer studied trumpet with Daniel Benner Tetzlaff and orchestration with William Muelbe. Both were members of the Minneapolis Symphony. Finding qualified teachers, those at the pinnacle of their field, meant having to draw from the jazz profession rather than academia. The College of the Canyons found Fischer by accident. At the suggestion of his wife, Fischer visited the college as a way to play music and meet others with his interest. In 1977, he became the first Instructor of Jazz Studies at College of the Canyons.

Personal life Fischer had two sons and a daughter from his first marriage to Lula Frances Leak (b. 1930, married 1948, divorced August 1966, Los Angeles). Fischer had stepsons and a son from his second marriage of 40 years to Rosalindo ("Roz") Joyce Fischer, former surname Satin, née Baum (b. 1938 - d. 2005). They were married in Las Vegas on September 5, 1966.

Fischer died on February 25, 2013, in Valencia, California. Before his death, he suffered from colon cancer.

Discography Thesaurus, Clare Fischer Big Band (Discovery, 1968) George Stone & Friends Perform the Music of Stewart "Dirk" Fischer (Sea Breeze, 2004) Coming of Age, Dirk Fischer and George Stone, (Sea Breeze, 2011)

Compositions "Funquiado" (Clare Fischer, arr. D. Fischer) UNC Jazz Press "Gaviota" (Clare Fischer, arr. D. Fischer) UNC Jazz Press "Pensativa" (Clare Fischer, arr. D. Fischer) UNC Jazz Press "Whisper Not" † (Benny Golson, arr. D. Fisher) "Coco B" (Clare Fischer, arr. D. Fischer) UNC Jazz Press "Let Me Count the Ways" † (Victor Feldman, arr. D. Fischer) "Melody for Thelma" † (Blue Mitchell, arr. D. Fischer) "Our Delight" † (Tad Dameron, arr. D. Fischer) "Donde" (words Barbara Ransom) 1958 | 1992 Walrus Music Publishing "Donde" † (instrumental only) Walrus Music Publishing "Cinoton" 1959 | 2007 "Bitter Leaf: Quintet" 1960 | 2001 "Calamus" † 1969 | 2001 Walrus Music Publishing "Rocl" † 1970 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "Malookanus Gookum" 1977 | 2007 "Down, Down, Down" 1977 | 2007 "Hurry Home" † 1978 | 1995 Walrus Music Publishing "And Freckles" † 1978 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "All Ta' Once" 1979 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "Sing Dammit!" 1979 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "Plea for Deductive" † 1980 | 1998 Walrus Music Publishing "Escalera" † 1981 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "Plucky" † 1982 | 1998 Walrus Music Publishing "Tonito" † 1982 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "Omaha Gathering" 1983 | 2007 "Hamilton Allen Esquire" † 1986 | 1998 Walrus Music Publishing "Escalera Numero Dos" 1990 | 2007 "Heavy Cussin"' 1996 | 2000 Walrus Music Publishing "Mambo Estudio" 1997 | 2003 Walrus Music Publishing "Conversation" Pending 2007 "Quartet O' Sax's" Pending 2007 "Keep Going Charlie" "Backup (reserves)" 2004 (big band bossa nova, soprano sax feature) "Ghostly Chu" 1995 (big band ballad, alto sax feature) "Canto" 2007 (big band bossa nova, trombone feature)

(† On the George Stone Album)