Stewart "Dirk" Fischer

Stewart "Dirk" Fischer

Stewart Roussin Fischer, better known as "Dirk" Fischer or "Dirty Dirk" Fischer (September 1, 1924 – February 25, 2013), was an American composer, arranger, jazz educator, trumpeter, and valve trombonist. Before moving to California in 1959, he spent his young adulthood in the Northern Plains, performing with and writing for territory bands booked out of Omaha, Nebraska. He is the brother of Clare Fischer.

Fischer was a faculty member at College of the Canyons, as Jazz Band Director and Instructor of Jazz Studies, from 1977 until February 12, 2005.

Read more about Stewart "Dirk" Fischer:  Growing Up, US Army, Minnesota, Early Career: Territory Bands, California, Personal Life, Discography, Selected Published/Copyrighted Compositions, Music Publishers/Distributors, See Also

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