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 “With three albums to her credit, Fisher is already recognized as one of the greatest female singers in the history of Canadian jazz.” Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
Since her return to Canada and the release of her debut CD, Slow Hand Jazz, Fisher has been a regular performer on the international jazz circuit. Both her live performances and her recordings continue to receive glowing reviews for their originality, emotional depth and outstanding technical excellence from jazz lovers and audiophiles alike in both national and international jazz publications (see appendix). 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. Fisher has toured twice in Canada and twice in the US in support of her recordings and has re-pressed all but her most recent release.
With the release of her second CD, Too Late To Hurry (1997), featuring Portland jazz luminaries, pianist Randy Porter and guitarist John Stowell, Fisher’s reputation has spread further into the international markets. Her work continues to receive regular airplay across North America, and has been featured on film, radio and in jazz publications in Europe, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Eastern Europe. Her performance work and original jazz compositions have earned her a twice-aired live hour long feature on the American NPR Radio Network. In 2000 Fisher attained her Master’s of Music degree in Jazz Vocal Performance from the University of Miami School Of Music. While in Miami Cheryl had the opportunity to perform and record with some of the greatest living jazz musicians including Sir Roland Hanna, Ira Sullivan, and Japan jazz superstar Eddie Higgins. Featured on Fisher’s 2000 release God BlessThe Child is Fantasy Records recording artist, horn man Eric Allison. Fisher and Allison completed a very successful cross Canada tour together with guitar great John Stowell, promoting God Bless The Child 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.”
Cheryl Fisher is now professionally poised as one of Canada’s top jazz vocalists emerging onto the international jazz scene with her fifth CD, Moments Like This. After recording with the crème de la crème of Canadian talent, jazz artist Cheryl Fisher is wading into deeper international waters with an historic recording pairing her sultry vocals with two genuine jazz legends: Five-time Grammy Award nominee Ira Sullivan and Juno Award winner Oliver Jones. “Cheryl Fisher has a beautiful voice, is both a fine scat singer and a subtle improviser who embraces superior lyrics, and has the knack for perfectly placing notes. Moments Like This is an historic album…notable for featuring Cheryl Fisher fulfilling the potential she showed at the 2001 Montreal Jazz festival when she was billed as ‘one of the greatest singers in the history of Canadian Jazz” Scott Yanow (Scott Yanow is the author of 10 jazz books including The Jazz Singers, Bebop, The Trumpet Kings, and is a regular contributor to Downbeat, Jazz Times, Cadence and Coda) “With her fourth album
JOYRIDE Canadian jazz vocalist Cheryl Fisher continues to match her technical
brilliance and emotionally vibrant voice with her unique approach to music
(…) It’s no wonder why Fisher has turned so many heads her way over
the past few years and continues to do so as one of Canada’s most
important jazz singers”
“When I was just starting out in Calgary at a place called Mr Risty’s , I got a great review in a British Jazz Magazine called Crescendo written by Jim Goatham. When he sent me the copy he said ‘There’s a pianist in Montreal I think would be perfect for you. His name is Oliver Jones’. I was just a kid barely into my 20’s at the time. It is such a thrill now, when I’m ready, to have that opportunity come true.” -Cheryl Fisher |
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After several years on the Canadian jazz scene playing and recording
4 CD’s with the likes of Canadian jazz greats P.J. Perry, Tommy
Banks, George Koller and Canadian composer Bob Erlendson,
Cheryl Fisher spent 2 1/2 years studying and performing in Paris with
brilliant Berkley 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 London’s 606 club. In the US,
Fisher has performed with Portland guitar great John Stowell, Dave
Friesen, Dan Brubeck, Jack Sheldon, John Handy, Sir Roland Hanna,
Ira Sullivan and Randy Porter, among many others. She has
studied and taken master classes with the great jazz vocalists including
Mark Murphy, Nancy King, Roberta Gambarini and Madeline Eastman.
She was
most recently recorded in Canada by CBC at The Jack Singer Concert
Hall for the Jazz At The Jack series, and was also recorded for a live
province-wide broadcast at the New Calgary Jazz Festival 2008 by
longtime supporter CKUA Radio Network. 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.
Fisher’s Fourth CD, JOYRIDE (Life In The
Jazz Lane) features Canada’s best jazz musicians including Neil
Swainson, Terry Clarke, Reg Schwager, Eric Allison and Japan’s
jazz piano giant Phil Strange. The tour for JOYRIDE
included one of the last performances at the Montreal Bistro and
culminated February 2007 with a sold out performance at the 600 seat Broward
Center For The Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, where she performed
JOYRIDE (for Big Band) with the University Of Miami
Concert Jazz Band. Highlights from this performance can be viewed on