Anna Fisher
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MOLIN MUSIC Recording Artist, OBOELADY ANNA FISHER!
Ms. Fisher (also known as Nancy Fish Liburd) has blazed many new trails in recorded and live music. Mastering two very difficult double reed instruments, she has moved the oboe and English horn into styles of music that it is seldom heard.
Having studied classical music with some of the greatest legends, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Seiji Ozawa she has always had a strong love for the classics but when she stepped away from the orchestra it was Jazz, Reggae and R&B that most inspired her! Actually she loves all styles and is most impressed when artists sing the truth to help humanity better serve itself.
***** She'd heard Paul McCandless’ flawless oboe with Oregon, Paul Winter and throughout Loggins and Messina's "Mother Lode" album as well as in Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly” she could also hear it in Sonny and Chers’ “I Got You” and a slight few other Golden Oldies especially Smokey Robinson. Although she was studying for a bachelors degree in oboe she felt a calling to take oboe outside the usual parameters. Shortly after that she was introduced to the oboe stylings of Wind Specialist, Yusef Lateef. Since she wasn’t hearing the double reeds in the kind of music she enjoyed as much as she'd like, she decided the time is now to be the difference she wished to hear in her own compositions. Her first song that she wrote with Vincent Licata, “Break the Silence – Stop the Violence” was played on many radio stations throughout Hawaii even before it was mastered! Her unique new sound has fast become popular. Major commercial radio stations, public broadcasting networks and television has embraced her music willingly!
***** A delightful concoction of tropical island rhythms with hauntingly beautiful key changes soulfully sung through her horns will paint rainbows on your heart.
***** Besides blowing her mystical horns, she sings, composes, arranges, produces and still finds time to teach. Her latest CD, a collaboration with keyboardist Jawge Hughes of St. Thomas US Virgin Islands as well as many Reggae legends titled, “Yin Yang” was released on MOLIN MUSIC label on March 31, 2004.
***** In 2005, she recorded, Jamaican legend, Joe Higgs' "There's A Reward" on "Black Gold Green" (Shanachie) with ten time Grammy Nominated, Third World Band. Although, it didn't win Reggae Album of the Year, she attended the festivities and was prepared to take the podium just in case!
***** Fulfilling a childhood dream, she moved to Hollywood in 1995 to promote her music and has had the opportunity to work with such notable music legends as, Dick Clark, Quincy Jones, Onaje Murray, Jawge & The Unknown Band, Paul Jackson, Jr., Barbara Morrison, Linda Hopkins, Billy Mitchell, Ernie Andrews, John B. Williams, John Bolivar, Donald Dean and the Phil Wright Trio, Phil Ranelin, John Hammond, Ed B. Townsend “Let’s Get It On” “For Your Love”, Surface, Joe Higgs, Marcia Higgs, John Holt, The Wailers Band (Bob Marley's Band), Marcia Griffiths ("Electric Slide Boogie" and Bob Marley & The Wailers), Alpha Blondy, Third World, Simple Simon. Calton Coffee, Sista Nancy, Carlton Livingston, Frankie Paul, Cuba Gooding, Sr.from the Main Ingredient; "Everybody Plays The Fool", "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely", Brenton Wood "Gimme Little Sign", "Oogum Boogum", Charles Wright, "Express Yourself", Los Angeles Lakers' Star, Kobe Bryant, Ali Woodsen (Temptations), H.B. Barnum and the list goes on and on.
She finds time to sit in with some of her favorite Jazz artists; Hubert Laws, Barbara Morrison, John B. Williams, and Ndugu Chancler at many of the local clubs in Los Angeles when she’s not on an international tour. Currently, she is recording her upcoming album with Trombonist Rembert James and Bone Voyagé due out soon!
***** Her styles include, Classical, Jazz, Reggae, R&B, Pop, Latin and World. A visionary for World Peace and Justice she hopes you will carry her messages today and help make the world a brighter place.
***** Around town when not touring she’s played Los Angeles Convention Center, Arrowhead Pond Arena, The Roxy Theater, West Hollywood House of Blues, B.B.King's Live Universal Citywalk, Hollywood Park Casino, Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Sports Arena, Catalina’s Bar & Grill, Hal’s Bar and Grill, Wyndham Bellage, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Loews Santa Monica, Malibu Inn, Coach House Santa Barbara plus many more! Additionally, in her vision for World Peace and Freedom, she's performed for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles Public Libraries, Los Angeles City Dept. of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Unified School District, School Nurse Organization of So. California, Soberlink, I-ADARP, Alternatives To Violence, Drive By Agony, Victim Awareness Day Nelles School for Boys (CYA), Mother's Without Their Children March, Violence Coalition of Greater Los Angeles, Good Shepherd Shelter, Women's Care Cottage, Safety Zone, Women's Coalition of St. Croix and Women's Resource Center St. Thomas, The Cell (Benefit for Sickle Cell Anemia Research), Ed Townsend's original Cast album, "Rehabilitation: Been There Done That!" (12 Step Records) to name a few.
She has won many awards including those from the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, California Legislature, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Police Department, National University's Leadership Award, One Child Our Village Foundation (Watts Summer Festival: Unsigned Artist of the Year Award, Community Education Foundation (Koreatown), Who's Who Among America's Teachers (twice), Who's Who Among America's Business and Professional Women in Education, #1 at American Idol World Charts, on the World Music Charts and "35 Alumni to Watch" at National University where she earned her Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and is now finishing her Educational Administration Credential. She additionally holds a Bachelor of Music in Oboe and English Horn Performance from North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston- Salem, NC. She is a full time credentialed Elementary School Teacher with 25 years experience in the classroom. Her music crosses all boundaries and fits practically every radio style.
Oboelady ANNA FISHER is not your typical artist!
Please support her by buying her music and booking her and her awesome new band at a venue near you!
Blessed Love.