‘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
JONTY FISHER TRIO Craig Schneider - Piano, Darryn Farrugia - Drums
EILEEN HUNTER Chris Allard - Guitar, Nick Smalley - Drums
KATE DIMBLEBY BAND Malcolm Edmunstone - Piano, Nigel Price - Guitar, Ben Reynolds - Drums
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