Clare Fischer discography

With Donald Byrd

• September Afternoon (Discovery, 1982) – recorded in 1956 and 1957

With Gene Puerling

• and The Hi-Lo's
  • Suddenly It's the Hi-Lo's (Columbia, 1957) – uncredited, also piano
  • Ring Around Rosie (Columbia, 1957) – uncredited, also piano
  • Love Nest (Columbia, 1958) – uncredited, also piano
  • The Hi-Lo's and All That Jazz (Columbia, 1959) – also piano
  • This Time It's Love (Columbia, 1962)
  • Now - The Hi-Lo's! (Pausa, 1981) – also electric piano
• and Singers Unlimited
  • A Special Blend (MPS, 1976) – also electric piano

With Dizzy Gillespie

• A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)

With Al Grey

• The Thinking Man's Trombone (1960) – 5-part a capella arrangement for trumpet, two trombones, tenor and baritone saxophones on "Tenderly"

With Cal Tjader

• West Side Story (Fantasy, 1960) – also piano
• Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen (Fantasy, 1962)
• Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (Verve, 1962) – also piano

With George Shearing

• Shearing Bossa Nova (Fantasy, 1963)

With Stan Kenton

• Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Capitol, 1965)

With David Raksin

• 'Will Penny': Music from the Motion Picture and Other Themes (Dot, 1968) – arranged "Flugelhorn Samba"

With Willie Ruff

• The Smooth Side of Ruff (Columbia Records, 1968) – orchestral arrangement on "Pa Moscunia Vechera"

With Hubert Laws

• In the Beginning (CTI, 1974) – also piano

With Rufus (band)

• Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (album) (ABC Records, 1975), Ask Rufus (ABC Records, 1977), Street Player (ABC Records, 1978) all string arrangements

With The Jacksons

• Destiny (Epic, 1978) – string arrangements on "Push Me Away"

With Osamu Kitajima

• Masterless Samurai (1978), strings on "Breath of Night"

With Charles Lloyd

• Autumn in New York (Destiny, 1979) - also conductor

With Switch

• Reaching for Tomorrow (Gordy, 1980), strings on "A Brighter Tomorrow"

With Carlos Santana

• String arrangement on "Vereda Tropical" on the Havana Moon LP (1983), misspelled as Claire Fisher^[2]

With Neil Diamond

• Headed for the Future (Columbia, 1985)

With The Baylor University A Cappella Choir

• Fairest Lord Jesus (Word, 1986) – hymn settings

With Desiree Coleman

• Desiree (Motown, 1988) – string arrangement on "Until Tonight"

With Robert Palmer

• Heavy Nova (EMI, 1988) – string arrangements
• Don't Explain (EMI, 1990)
• Ridin' High (EMI, 1992)

With Pieces of a Dream

• School Daze (OST) (EMI, 1988)

With Paul McCartney

• Flowers in the Dirt (EMI, 1989) – orchestral arrangement on "Distractions" and on "The Lovers That Never Were" (unreleased)

With Al Jarreau

• Music From 'Do the Right Thing' (Motown, 1989) – string arrangement on "Never Explain Love"

With Paulyna Carraz

• Paulyna Carraz (Melody, 1990) – string arrangements on "Delirio" and "Otra Vez" (also played piano on "Cosa Como Tu")^[3]

With The Family Stand

• Moon in the Scorpio (Nocturnal Art, 1991)

With João Gilberto

• João (Verve, 1991)

With Diane Schuur

• In Tribute (GRP, 1992) – string arrangements and piano on "The Man I Love" and "'Round Midnight"

With Jevetta Steele

• Here It Is (Sony Music Entertainment, 1993) – string arrangement on "Hold Me"

With Terry Trotter

• It's About Time (MAMA, 1993) – also electric piano, liner notes

With Lalah Hathaway

• A Moment (1994) – orchestrations and string arrangements on "I'm Not Over You"

With Najee

• Najee Plays Songs from the Key of Life: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder (Capitol, 1995) – strings on "Village Ghetto Land"

With Dee Dee Bridgewater

• Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (Philips Classics, 1996) – orchestral arrangement on "Mood Indigo"

With Chanticleer

• Lost in the Stars (Teldec, 1996) – "In the Still of the Night" (Grammy nominee for "Best instrumental arrangement accompanied by vocals")

With John Pizzarelli

• Let's Share Christmas (RCA, 1996)

With Carl Saunders

• Eclecticism (SNL, 2000)

With Toni Braxton

• Snowflakes (Arista, 2001) – string arrangements on "Santa Please," "Pretty Please" (Interlude), and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
• More Than a Woman (Arista, 2002), orchestral arrangements

With Terri Walker

• Untitled (Def Soul, Mercury, 2002) – conductor, string arrangements