“They disenfranchised me. It's like giving an award to Woody Herman's sax section, but not Woody, for "Early Autumn."”

On the Grammy that had recently been awarded to 2+2, the vocal component of Fischer's Latin jazz combo, as quoted in "He Arranges, Composes, Performs: Fischer, A Renaissance Man Of Music" http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-14/entertainment/ca-8949_1_clare-fischer

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American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader 1928–2012

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