Surging Ahead [SEP] record label
Surging Ahead
Surging Ahead is the second album by American composer/arranger/keyboardist Clare Fischer, released in 1963 by Pacific Jazz Records.
Reception.
"The Atlanta Daily World's" Albert Anderson received Fischer's sophomore outing much as he had the debut:
"The former arranger for the Hi-Lo's, Fischer has worked quietly behind the jazz scenes until recently, when he waxed his first album. It was a big hit for him. Here, Fischer and the trio play the blues the
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