"Cheryl Fisher is one of the greatest jazz singers we've ever produced in this country." Vicki Gabereau

Cheryl Fisher is one of those rare artists who, as soon as she begins to sing transforms the room and turns a chatty crowd into a rapt audience. Her commanding stage presence, assurance and vocal mastery transcend artistic mediums. Cheryl is as comfortable performing in a small intimate setting as she is outdoors or in large concert halls.

After several years on the Canadian jazz scene, Cheryl Fisher spent 2 1/2 years studying and performing in Paris with brilliant Berkeley Graduate, pianist Olivier Caillard. She was a regular performer at Le Speakeasy Club, Sam Kearney's American Bar, La Pinte and the Bibloquet. In London she appeared with Scott Hamilton at Pizza on the Park, Peter Ind at The Bass Clef and has performed many times at the 606 club. In the US, Fisher has shared the stage with John Stowell, Jack Sheldon, John Handy and Randy Porter while studying with the greats including Mark Murphy, Nancy King and Madeline Eastman.

Since her return to Canada and the release of her debut CD, Slow Hand Jazz (1995), Fisher's career has rocketed. Canadian legends Tommy Banks and saxophonist P.J. Perry are strong supporters of Fisher's work and have performed with her in many concerts and on all of her recordings. Her work has garnered rave reviews nationally and internationally and Fisher was honoured at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (1996) where she was billed as "Canada's New Diva of Jazz". CBC profiled Fisher's rise on the national scene with several features on her career and has recorded her performances for both regional and national radio and television. Canadian broadcasting icon Vicki Gabereau welcomed her as a guest on her nationally broadcast television show introducing Cheryl as "…one of the best jazz singers we've ever produced in this country." She has also been profiled on a national television special "The Discovery Project" as one of Canada's brightest rising stars and was nominated by ARIA as Best New Jazz Recording Artist.

With the release of her second CD, Too Late To Hurry (1997), Fisher's reputation spread into the US market. She was invited to perform, representing Canadian artists, at the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators annual conference. Her CDs have been reviewed and featured in Jazz publications in France, England, the US and Canada.

In 1998, Cheryl Fisher was accepted into the University of Miami School of Music and in May 2000 attained her Master's of Music degree. While studying in Miami Cheryl had the opportunity to perform and record with some great jazz musicians including Sir Roland Hanna and well-known horn man Eric Allison who is featured on Fisher's newest release, God Bless The Child. Fisher has just returned from a very successful cross Canada tour promoting her latest national release which culminated in an encore performance at Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (2001) where she was billed as, "…one of the greatest female singers in the history of Canadian jazz."

Some of Fisher’s 2004 highlights in Canada included a concert appearance and CBC Recording at the Jack Singer Concert Hall in the successful Jazz At The Jack concert series as well as being a featured performer at the 4th annual Cjazz Festival in Calgary. Fisher also performed at the Jazz City International Jazz Festival, and was a featured performer at the second annual Jazz At The Lake Festival held in Sylvan Lake, Alberta. Since returning to Florida last fall, she has been teaching voice at the University Of Miami, is being featured in a Gold Coast Jazz Society concert series performing music of the 1940’s and is scheduled to perform in the concert series at the Hollywood Beach Band Shell this spring. Since her return from Canada Fisher has had feature articles about her career in the Ft Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, and Heat Beat as well as appearing as the featured guest on WLRN Radio’s hour long Tropical Currents program which was recorded live and rebroadcast twice on national radio in the U.S.

Fisher is currently booking festival appearances, concert performances, master classes and clinics across Canada in support of her stellar new release JOYRIDE (Life In The Jazz Lane) that features Canada’s best jazz musicians including Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke, Reg Schwager, Eric Allison and south Florida jazz piano monster Phil Strange.

“Now on her fourth CD, JOYRIDE, we have another lovely batch of ‘nobody’else’sounds-like-Cheryl’. Take a ride in the Jazz Lane”
Senator Tommy Banks