Academic Interests and Areas of Expertise
Jazz Guitar Performance and Jazz Education
Concert Soloist
Recording Artist
Freelance Jazz Projects
Composition for Guitar
Courses Offered at Redlands
Applied Jazz Guitar
Jazz Guitar Ensemble
Professional Background
Guitarist Jody Fisher is an international jazz guitarist and guitar educator, known especially for his solo guitar performances and recordings. He has worked professionally in various styles of music and has performed and conducted clinics and classes all over the world in both group and solo contexts. Mr Fisher has appeared with countless well known jazz artists all over the United States over his career and continues to be an active performer and educator in the jazz guitar community.
Some of the artists Mr Fisher has performed with include:
Jody Fisher and Friends
Alphonso Johnson
Bernd Heitzler
Betty Cox Johnson
Betty White
Big Joe Turner
Bill Toll
Billy Barty
Bo Diddly
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Bobby Troupe
Brandon Fields
Coasters
Connie Francis
Danny Thomas
Dennis Miller
Don Rickles
Drifters
Duane Eddie
El Chicano
Frank Gorshin
Frank Haunchild
Frankie Laine
Gabriella Anders
Gene Barry
Harry Connick Jr.
Helen Forest
Helen O'Connell
Hot Goods
Ink Spots
Jan and Dean
Joe Diorio
John Abercrombie
John B. Williams
John Barrymore
John Williams
Jon Finn,
Julie London
Keely Smith
Keenan Winn
Kelly Garrett Marshall Hawkins
Marvin Miller
Mike Stern
Pat Butram
Phyllis Diller
Rich Little
Roberta Sherwood
Rosemary Clooney
Rosie and the Originals
Sam Houston
Shirelles
Shirley and Lee
Shirley Bassey
Skyles and Henderson
Spinners
Sterno and the Flames
Tal Farlow
The Association
The New Modernaires
The Penguines
Jody Fisher has authored over thirty books on jazz guitar and has written for most of the major guitar magazines, In addition, Mr Fisher appears in over one hundred fifty instructional video lessons, including many with guitarist George Benson.
Books
The Guitar Mode Encyclopedia--Alfred/Workshop Arts
Beginning Jazz Guitar--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Intermediate Jazz Guitar--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Mastering Chord Melody--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Mastering Jazz Improvisation--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Jazz Guitar Masterclass (along with Steve Khan, Ron Eschete, Mark Whitfield, Joe Diorio and Scott Henderson) - Alfred/Workshop Arts
Guitar Chord and Scale Finder--Alfred/Workshop Arts
Jazz Guitar Christmas--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Rhythm Guitar Encyclopedia--Book and 2 CDs--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
The 30-Day Guitar Workout--Alfred/Workshop Arts
Stand Alone Tracks: Smooth Jazz--Book and CD play-a-long set - Alfred/Workshop Arts
Jazz Skills--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop Arts
Ear Training for the Contemporary Guitarist--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop Arts
The Jazz Guitar Lick Encyclopedia--Book and
CD--Alfred/Workshop Arts
Jazz Guitar Harmony--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop Arts
The Art of Solo Guitar, Vol.I--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
The Art of Solo Guitar, Vol.II--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos--Book and CD (along with numerous guitarists/composers)--Mel Bay Publications
I Used To Play Guitar--Book and CD--Alfred/Workshop
Arts
Teaching Guitar--Book and CD--Alfre/Workshop Arts
The Total Jazz Guitarist--Book and CD/Alfred/Warner
Bros/Workshop Arts
Education Experience
Holds position of Guitar Department Chair at Los Angeles Music Academy, Pasadena, CA.
Currently Teaches Jazz, Finger-Style and Chord Melody at Los Angeles Music Academy (LAMA) in Pasadena, CA.
Currently Teaches Jazz Guitar at Riverside Community College (RCCD) in Riverside, CA.
National Guitar Workshop
Jazz Clinician
Associate Director
Directed many satellite campuses
Former Director, NGW Jazz Summit
The University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Professor of Jazz and Studio Guitar,
Developed Jazz Improvisation Curriculum
Taught all Improvisation Courses
Directed Studio Jazz Band and associated combos in addition
to
Performances Classes
The University of La Verne (La Verne, CA
Professor of Jazz and Studio Guitar
Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA, Idyllwild,
CA
Professor of Jazz and Studio Guitar
Elected to PI KAPPA LAMBDA in 1989