REISSUES : In Brief

* * * * Clare Fischer, “Memento,” Discovery. This compilation, taken from three recording sessions, reveals the admirable breadth of which this acclaimed pianist-composer is capable. Four cuts wedge Fischer’s keyboards in and among a gloriously understated woodwind choir, while seven tracks, among these a memorable “Giant Steps,” find Fischer overdubbing keyboard parts to create orchestral-like moods. The artist’s improvisations range between the finger-popping and the cerebrally angular.

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