Charlie Haden, Ornette Coleman, Scot LaFaro, James Taylor, Chet Baker, Alison Krauss, Astor Piazzolla, Tom Waits, Dave Holland, Franz Schubert, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Sly And The Family Stone, Charles Mingus, Steve Swallow, Dave Douglas, Meters, Dr John, Sergei Rachmaninov...
‘Nimble and remarkably beefy bass from Jonty Fisher…A stylish bassist' Jack Massarik - The Evening Standard
'Not too shabby' Ronnie Wood - The Rolling Stones
Brought up in Ghana, Zambia and the UK, Jonty went to Ridge School in Kumasi, Ghana, Leopards Hill School in Lusaka, Zambia (...he had a year off while in Zambia, most of which he spent working in the Kafue National Game Reserve) and Dartington Hall School in Devon. Jonty moved to London to study music at The West London Institute of Higher Education when he was 18 and began his career in 1988, performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as a finalist in the Barclays Youth Music Awards. Jonty is a regular on the London music scene, has played at many of the UK’s premier events and venues and his time is punctuated by extensive world touring as well as film, radio, television and recording appearances.
A prolific composer, his music has appeared on eight albums and BBC TV.
He has worked with many different artists including Liane Carroll, Jacqui Dankworth, Steve Brookstein, Don Rendell, Christian Garrick, the David Gordon Trio, Frank Holder, Steve Sidwell, Anton Browne, Todd Gordon, Joe Stilgoe and is a long standing member of the Kate Dimbleby Trio, the Sara Littlefield Quartet and the Eileen Hunter band. Jonty is a member of the critically acclaimed world music band Deva and is cofounder of Trio (with Craig Schneider), The Ashes Quartet and the Swedish guitar trio Ben and Jerry's Phisherfood.
He studied composition, harmony and musical form with the great pianist and composer Ronald Francis Littlefield and gained a first class BA Honours at Trent Park in North London.
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Jonty also has a black-belt and instructors qualification (1997) in Bojitsu (Karate).
ASHES QUARTET Adam Starr - Guitar, Frank Walden - Sax, Darryn Farrugia - Drums
DEVA Christian Garrick - Violin, Trevor Warren - Guitar, Neil Craig - Tabla, Pete Macdonald - Mridungham
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Aaron Koppel Quartet @ Andy's Jazz Club 11/20 and 11/21
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it.
Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club The Aaron Koppel Quartet 5-8:30p, Corey Wilkes group plays at 9:30p 11 E. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60611 The Aaron Koppel Quartet performing original music from "The Wild Call Of The Multi-Takser" and their new album "Falling Together Falling Apart", jazz standards, covers by Radiohead and James Brown. New album will be available for purchase at the show. 21+ Cover $10
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums http://www.andysjazzclub.com http://www.myspace.com/aaronkoppelmusic http://www.coreywilkes.com
Debut night = Sept 4th @ The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road. E1 OLA. 8 till late * WE WANT SEQUINS * WE WANT SHOULDER PADS * WE WANT POWER BALLADS * WE WANT IT ALL... * AND SOME!! * PHOENIX NIGHTS * MEETS * VEGAS * MEETS * 90S GHETTO SLAGS * LOOK OUT! * GET YER GLAD RAGS * GET DOWN THE GEORGE * HAVE IT!!!
Please join us for our DEBUT GIG on Friday 12th June at The Cross, Moseley, Birmingham. From 8pm. Only £6 on the door with support from Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys.
