(October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012)

This mix will feature Clare Fischer's musical contributions as a strings / orchestral arranger, most notably his collaborations with Prince and related projects. However, Clare Fischer's musical output reaches FAR beyond this limited view, as he recorded over 50 jazz / latin jazz albums himself.

However, his arrangements for Prince were my introduction to Clare and his genius, and, through this mix, I want to give reverence to how Clare's significant contributions really transformed Prince's (and others) music into something even more transcendent and heavenly.

I tried to keep all the songs for this mix at most two degrees of separation from Prince with the notable exception of Switch/Debarge.