Thesaurus (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Thesaurus | type = Album | artist = [[Clare Fischer]] | cover = Thesaurus (Clare Fischer album).jpg | alt = | released = 1969 | recorded = August 16 and 17, 1968<br>at [[T.T.G. Studios]] | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 40 min | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]<br>SD 1520 | producer = Albert Marx | chronology = Clare Fischer | prev_title = [[One to Get Ready, Four to Go]] | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = [[Great White Hope! (and his Japanese friend)]] | next_year = 1970 }}

{{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>Dryden, Ken. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/thesaurus-mw0000604424 "Thesaurus"]. All Music. Retrieved 2013-02-22.</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Cash Box (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' | rev2Score = favorable<ref name="Cash Box">Fega, Mort. [http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Thesaurus+%22Clare+Fischer%22+intitle:Coda&num=10 "Focus on Jazz"]. ''Cash Box''. March 1, 1969. Retrieved 2019-11-12.</ref> | rev3 = ''[[CODA (magazine)|Coda]]'' | rev3Score = favorable<ref name=Coda>[http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Thesaurus+%22Clare+Fischer%22+intitle:Coda&num=10 "Clare Fischer: Twas Only Yesterday"]. ''Coda''. 1980. Retrieved 2013-02-22.</ref> | rev4 = ''[[High Fidelity (magazine)|High Fidelity]]'' | rev4Score = favorable<ref name=HiFi>[https://books.google.com/books?id=poo9AQAAIAAJ&q=Thesaurus+%22Clare+Fischer%22&dq "Clare Fischer: Thesaurus"]. ''High Fidelity''. Volume 19, Issue 1. 1969. Retrieved 2013-02-22.</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The New York Times]]'' | rev5Score = favorable<ref name=NYTimes>Williams, Martin. [http://www.google.com/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&tbm=nws&gl=us&as_q=Thesaurus&as_epq=Clare%20Fischer&as_occt=any&as_drrb=a&tbs=ar%3A1&authuser=0#hl=en&gs_rn=4&gs_ri=psy-ab&qe=VGhlc2F1cnVzICJDbGFyZSBGaXNjaGVyIiAib3duIGJpZyBiYW5kIGFycmFuZ2VtZW50czsgdGhlIg&qesig=zJJIVX9NeU0ivFNtgO_7hA&pkc=AFgZ2tliv64cIUA9Kx3LAiF8V2DSl92pX3-icQg5e5pZF1WyOwr4y7MoE9E6kntpYa0oh79TkjuS4h4zAuHC6jASTOhI0YGaGg&ds=n&pq=Thesaurus%20%22Clare%20Fischer%22&cp=57&gs_id=m&xhr=t&q=Thesaurus%20%22Clare%20Fischer%22%20%22own%20big%20band%20arrangements%3B%20the%22&es_nrs=true&pf=p&gl=us&authuser=0&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Thesaurus+%22Clare+Fischer%22+%22own+big+band+arrangements%3B+the%22&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42768644,d.dmQ&fp=7296b3826913e453&biw=1278&bih=648 "Jazz Musicians With Big Bands"]. ''The New York Times''. June 29, 1969. Retrieved 2013-02-22.</ref> }}

'''''Thesaurus''''' is an album by American composer/arranger/pianist [[Clare Fischer]], recorded and released in 1969 by [[Atlantic Records]].<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11761331 "Thesaurus"]. [[WorldCat]]. Retrieved 2013-02-22.</ref> Reissued in 1979 as '' 'Twas Only Yesterday'' by [[Discovery Records]],<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477187210 "Twas Only Yesterday"]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-22.</ref> and on CD, again by Discovery, in 1988 as part of a CD entitled ''Waltz'', encompassing both ''Thesaurus'' and the 1980 LP, ''Duality''.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26900582 "Waltz"]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-22</ref> In 2000, ''Thesaurus'' received a dedicated CD reissue under its original title from [[Koch Records]].<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84652601 "Thesaurus"]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-22</ref>

==Reception== [[Ken Dryden]] reviewed ''Thesaurus'' for [[Allmusic]] and wrote: "Fischer's potent originals and first-rate arrangements bring out the best in his musicians...A well-conceived chart of [[Billy Strayhorn]]'s 'Upper Manhattan Medical Group' swings mightily. The leader even makes a rare appearance on alto sax in the brief 'In Memoriam,' dedicated to the assassinated Kennedy brothers."<ref name=Allmusic/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' review by [[Martin Williams (writer)|Martin Williams]] was written shortly after the album's original release: <blockquote>West Coast pianist Clare Fischer has done what I wish [[Thelonious Monk|Monk]] would do: he has written his own big band arrangements; the results are admirable. Fischer can make his ensembles whisper, sing, shout, praise, explain, cajole, proclaim. He is not afraid to be simple when simplicity will work; he can write for a mere quintet within the ensemble when he wants to. The solos by tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, particularly, and baritone saxophonist Bill Perkins are the best I've heard from these men, but, the leader excepted, some of the other improvisers confine themselves to other people's ideas.<ref name=NYTimes/></blockquote>

==Track listing== All selections composed by Clare Fischer except where noted. <br>All selections arranged by Clare Fischer with the exception of "Calamus," which is arranged by the composer. <br><big>'''Side One'''</big> # "The Duke" – 4:53 # "Miles Behind" – 5:03 # "Calamus" ([[Dirk Fischer|Stewart Fischer]]) – 4:44 # "Lennie's Pennies" ([[Lennie Tristano]]) – 5:22 <big>'''Side Two'''</big> # "Twas Only Yesterday" – 6:29 # "Bitter Leaf" (Stewart Fischer) – 6;58 # "Upper Manhattan Medical Group" ([[Billy Strayhorn]]) – 4:11 # "In Memoriam (John F. & Robert F. Kennedy)" – 1:55 (alto sax solo – Clare Fischer)

==Personnel== *[[Clare Fischer]] – piano, Fender-Rhodes electronic piano *[[Gary Foster (musician)|Gary Foster]] – lead alto sax *[[Kim Richmond]] – alto sax *Louis Ciotti & [[Warne Marsh]] – tenor saxes *[[Bill Perkins (saxophonist)|Bill Perkins]] – baritone sax *John Lowe – bass sax *Larry McGuire, [[Buddy Childers]], [[Conte Candoli]], Steve Huffsteter & Stewart Fischer – trumpets *Gil Falco, Charley Loper & David Sanchez – trombones *Morris Repass – bass trombone *[[Chuck Domanico]] – bass *[[Larry Bunker]] – drums On "Calamus," "Bitter Leaf" & "Upper Manhattan Medical Group," Buddy Childers is replaced by John Audino.

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