Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stewart "Dirk" Fischer

American jazz musician

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Durand, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 25-Feb-2013

Profession: composer, jazz musician, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stewart Roussin Fischer (September 1, 1924 – February 25, 2013) known professionally as Dirk Fischer or Dirty Dirk Fischer was an American composer, arranger, 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 was 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 to 2005.