A Magnum Opus
I had always considered my last commissioned work, “Suite: Light and Shadow,” as my favorite and best extended work, my Magnum Opus. Probably because it was my most recent commissioned […]
Category Archives: Assessment and Retrospective
On Lost Home and Studio in Eaton Fire
From Magazine C / Spring 2025 / magazinec.com Photography by KURT ISWARIENKOWords by CHRISTINE LENNON DALE FIELDER, 68 Composer, band leader, and multi-instrumentalist (he plays all four saxophones — soprano, alto, tenor, […]
Creating a Moment of Effulgence in 2023
Since we haven’t put out any new physical recordings that listeners can take home (is that a thing of the past?) since 2019, I have decided for the DFQ on […]
Consensus In New York
We are currently living in an era of acquiescent mediocrity. This is brought on by the allowance of businesses and corporations to run our society as well as our government. Nothing […]
Consensus at Alvas Showroom
On Saturday evening July 14, 2018, I recorded my 20th CD in front of a large and appreciative audience at the now legendary SoCal venue, Alvas Showroom in San […]
Blue Interlude @ Hotel Normandie
It’s Blue Interlude time at the Hotel Normandie for the Dale Fielder Quartet with Rita Edmond as we are now on hiatus after our April 14th performance. I have to admit; […]
Katy Geissert Civic Center Library Concert 2018
Once upon a time, I was doing a performance and was recording, videotaping and photo shooting it. I overheard a friend’s girlfriend exclaim, “Who does he think he […]
New composition: “Periphery” [For Geri]
What’s great about working with the DFQ at the Hotel Normandie is a band that can cold-play a brand new tune for the first time without fear; as well as […]
Scene From A Dream ~The Dale Fielder/Geri Allen Session
A young man with a horn. Me at age 26 circa 1983. This was to be an LP cover for my very first recording: “Scene From A Dream” featuring at the time, the completely unknown and future jazz legend, Geri Allen.
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse Concert
A pleasant surprise this year was our concert at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse as the finale in their Summer Jazz Series. Kudos to Anna Cross, Jonathan Salisbury, and staff […]
Frugal Apathy 