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Ruth Fisher is one of the leading jazz radio presenters in the UK, with over 20 years of experience both in the UK and overseas.
Joining JazzFM in 2016, she quickly made waves with Full Circle, a show spotlighting fresh contemporary jazz and interviews with top talent and rising stars. She also hosted The Performance Series, featuring legendary artists in concert and intimate acoustic sessions recorded live at Jazz FM. Now, she keeps things sharp with Future Jazz, airing Monday nights at 9pm, where she showcases the hottest, most cutting-edge jazz releases from around the globe.
Ruth also presents on One Jazz, a new 24/7 global online jazz radio network. Four Corners is a monthly show bringing the freshest sounds, insightful interviews and a deep dive into the jazz scene of a different country each month.
Ruth comes from a musical family and was one of the first pupils to attend the Purcell School of Music. Ruth possesses a warm, enthusiastic and informative style and really enjoys finding out what makes the artists tick!
Throughout her career, Ruth has interviewed hundreds of musicians, including DeeDee Bridgewater, Jazzmeia Horn, Al Jarreau, Roy Ayers, Orphy Robinson, Christian McBride, Carmen Lundy, John Altman, Kenny Garrett, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Julian Lage and Fred Hirsch, and was the first person in the UK to interview Gregory Porter in 2010. She has also interviewed other well known personalities, including Lord Sebastian Coe and the world renowned journalist and author Tim Marshall.
She was also the first person in the UK to interview Gregory Porter in November 2010 & Jazzmeia Horn in 2017. Ruth was the first UK journalist to cover the groundbreaking jazz festival in Sardinia called My Jazz Islands – Le mie isole jazz in June 2013.
Jewish Renaissance Magazine‘s Norm Guthartz spoke to Ruth in the summer of 2021 (available to subscribers only).
Aaron Goldberg — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Adam Ben Ezra — Jazz (Bass/Piano)
Adam Waldmann — Jazz (Saxophone)
Adrian Reid — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Aaron Diehl — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Aisling Iris — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Al Jarreau — Jazz (Vocalist)
Al Pryor — (Mack Avenue Records VP, founder WBGO Jazz Radio Station NJ, USA)
Alex Garnett — Jazz (Saxophone)
Alex Ridout — Jazz (Trumpet)
Alfredo Rodriguez — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Alicia Olatuja — Jazz (Vocalist)
Alison Raynor — Jazz (Bass, composer)
Allan Harris — Jazz (Vocalist)
Amit Friedman — Jazz (Saxophone)
Andrew Asante — Jazz (Piano)
Andy Milne — Jazz (Piano)
Antonello Salis — World (Accordion/piano)
Arnie Lawrence — Jazz (Saxophone)
Asaf Harris — Jazz (Saxophone)
Asaf Sirkis — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Bassekou Kouyate — World Music (Ngoni)
Ben Williams — Jazz (Bass)
Ben Wolfe — Jazz (Bass)
Benet McLean — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Benny Sharoni — Jazz (Saxophone)
Bill O’Connell — Jazz (Piano)
Billy Childs — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Bob Mintzer — Jazz (Saxophone)
Brant Tilds — Jazz (Trumpet)
Brian Byrne — Jazz (Piano/Composer)
Brian Hanlon — Soul/Funk
Camelle Hinds — Soul/Funk (vocalist)
Carmen Grillo — Jazz (Guitar)
Carmen Lundy — Jazz (Vocalist)
Cath Roberts — Jazz (Saxophone)
Catherine Russell — Jazz (Vocalist)
Cassie Kinoshi— Jazz (Saxophone)
Cecile McLorin Salvant — Jazz (Vocalist)
Cecilia Stalin — Jazz (Vocalist)
Charles Tolliver — Jazz (Trumpet)
Charles Turner — Jazz (Vocalist)
China Moses — Jazz (Vocalist)
Chip Crawford — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Chris Beck — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Chris Parker — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Christian McBride — Jazz (Bass)
Christian Sands — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Claudio Passavanti — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Cleveland Watkiss, MBE — Jazz (Vocalist)
Corcoran Holt — Jazz (Bass)
Curtis Stewart — Jazz (Violin)
Dajla — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Daley — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
DaPaul — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Darius Brubeck — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Darryl Yokley — Jazz (Saxophone)
Dave Stryker — Jazz (Guitar)
David Mensah — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Dee Byrne — Jazz (Saxophone)
Dee Dee Bridgewater — Jazz (Vocalist)
Deelee Dube — Jazz (Vocalist)
Deen Tyner — Jazz
Dennis Rollins — Jazz (Saxophone)
Denys Baptiste — Jazz (Saxophone)
Derek Nash — Jazz (Saxophone)
Diego Rivera — Jazz (Saxophone)
Donald Brown — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Dr Jeremy Fox — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Duane Eubanks — Jazz (Trumpet)
Elan Mehler — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Eli Degibri — Jazz (Saxophone)
Emily Braden — Jazz (Vocalist)
Emily Saunders — Jazz (Vocalist)
Emma Rawicz — Jazz (Saxophone)
Erik Rico — Soul/Funk
Eric Wyatt — Jazz (Saxophone)
Erik Lawrence — Jazz (Saxophone)
Estelle Kokot — Jazz (Vocalist)
Etienne Charles — Jazz (Trumpet)
Fergus Quill— Jazz (Bassist, composer, bandleader)
Filomena Campus — Jazz (Vocalist)
Florian Pellissier — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Francesco de Rubeis — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Frank Felix — Soul/Funk (Bass)
Fred Hersch — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Funk’n’stein — Soul/Funk (Band)
Gabriela Martina — Jazz (Vocalist)
Gadi Stern — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Gary Bartz — Jazz (Saxophone)
Gary Crosby — Jazz (Bass)
Gary Poole & Soul Talk — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Geila Zilkha — Jazz (Vocalist)
Georgia Mancio — Jazz (Vocalist)
Gerald Cannon — Jazz (Bass)
Gerald Short — (Jazzman Records)
Gilad Hekselman — Jazz (Guitar)
Gili Yalo — World Music (Vocalist)
Giveton Gelin — Jazz (trumpet)
Greg Boraman — Soul/Funk (Promoter)
Greg Errico — Soul/Funk ( Drummer Sly and the Family Stone)
Greg Murphy — Jazz (Pianist)
Gregory Porter — Jazz (Vocalist)
Harold Mabern — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Harold Lopez-Nussa — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Helen Sung — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Hila Kulik — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Hiromi — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Ian Shaw — Jazz (Vocalist)
Imogen Ryall — Jazz (Vocalist)
Immanuel Wilkins — Jazz (Saxophonist)
Itamar Borochov — Jazz (Trumpet)
Jacques Schwarz-Bart — Jazz (Saxophone)
James Morton — Jazz/Funk (Saxophone)
James Taylor Quartet — Soul/Funk ()
Jamie Davis — Jazz (Vocalist)
Janette Mason — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Jason Moran — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Jason Rebello — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Jazzmeia Horn — Jazz (Vocalist)
Jean Caze — Jazz (Saxophone)
Jean Toussaint — Jazz (Saxophone)
Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Jeff Williams — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Dr Jeremy Fox — Jazz (Arranger, Conductor, Educator)
Jeremy Pelt — Jazz (Trumpet)
Jerome Harper — Jazz (Saxophone)
Jerry Martini — Soul/Funk (Sly and the Family Stone)
Jerry Roche — (Jazz historian)
Jesse Fischer — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Jessica Lauren — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Jimmy Greene — Jazz (Saxophone)
Jim Ridl — Jazz (Pianist)
Jo Bickhart — (Founder, Dot Time Records)
Joanna Pascale — Jazz (Vocalist)
Joe Locke — Jazz (Vibraphone)
Joe Lovano — Jazz (Saxophone)
Joey DeFrancesco — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
John Altman — Jazz (Saxophone, composer, arranger)
John Beasley — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
John Johnson — Soul/Funk (Trombone)
John Surman — Jazz (Saxophone)
Josh Kyle — Jazz (Vocalist)
Joy Rose — Soul/Funk (vocalist)
Julian Lage — Jazz (Guitarist)
Julian Siegel — Jazz (Saxophone)
Juliet Kelly — Jazz (Vocalist)
Junior Giscombe — Soul/Funk (vocalist)
Justin Swadling — Jazz (Saxophone)
Kenny Garrett — Jazz (Saxophone)
Kenny Wellington — Soul/Funk (trumpet)
Kenny Wesley — Soul/Funk (vocalist)
Kevin Hays — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Kevin Mahogany — Jazz (Vocalist)
Kurt Elling — Jazz (Vocalist)
Laura Jurd — Jazz (Trumpet)
Laura Perrudin — Jazz (Vocalist/Harp)
Laurin Talese — Jazz (Vocalist)
Laurence Hobgood — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Lauryn Dalrymple — Jazz (Vocalist)
Lenora Jaye — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Leon Foster Thomas — Jazz (Steel pan)
Leroy Logan MBE — Other (author)
Leslie Pintchik — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Lester Batchelor — Soul/Funk (Bass – original founder Atmosfear)
Liane Carroll — Jazz (Vocalist)
Logan Richardson — Jazz (Saxophone)
Lorin Cohen — Jazz (Bassist)
Lu Olutosin — Jazz (Vocalist)
Manuela Panizzo — Jazz (Vocalist)
Marc Bernstein — Jazz (Saxophone)
Marco Mezquida — Jazz (Pianist)
Mario Biondi — Jazz (Vocalist)
Mark Crown — Jazz (Trumpet)
Mark Edwards — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Mark McLean — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Mark Meadows — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Mark Sherman — Jazz (Vibraphone / multi-instrumentalist)
Mark Wade — Jazz (Bass)
Marquis Hill — Jazz (Trumpet)
Mathis Picard — Jazz (Pianist)
Mattan Klein — Jazz (Flautist)
Matt Telfer — Jazz (Saxophone)
Miho Hazama — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Mike Hobart — Jazz (Saxophone)
Miles Bould — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Milton Suggs — Jazz (Vocalist)
Misha Mullov-Abbado — Jazz (Bass)
Mohammed Nazam — Jazz (Guitar)
Nathan Watson — Soul/Funk (vocalist)
Nick Finzer — Jazz (Trombone)
Nicola Spigi — (Promoter: My Jazz Islands Festival, Sardinia)
Nigel Hitchcock — Jazz (Saxophone)
Nigel Price — Jazz (Guitar)
Niji Adeleye — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Nina Ferro — Jazz (Vocalist)
Noah Haidu — Jazz (Piano)
Nuradeen Tyner — Jazz (son of McCoy Tyner)
Olivia Trummer — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Omer Klein — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Orphy Robinson MBE — Jazz (Vibraphone)
Orrin Evans — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Paul Bradshaw — (Jazz journalist ‘Straight No Chaser’)
Paul Jost — Jazz (Vocalist)
Paolo Fresu — Jazz (Trumpet)
Pete Levin — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Peter Edwards — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Peter Erskine — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Phil Robson — Jazz (Guitar)
Pinchas Zukerman — Classical (Violist)
Poogie Bell — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Push — Soul/Funk (Band)
Ralph Peterson Jr — Jazz (drums)
Raffy Bushman — Jazz (pianist)
Raul Midón — Jazz (Vocalist)
Reginald Cyntje — Jazz (Saxophone)
René Marie — Jazz (Vocalist)
Renell Shaw — Soul/Funk
Richard Spaven — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Rob Mullins — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Robert Mitchell — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Roger Beaujolais — Jazz (Vibraphone)
Roger Glenn — Jazz (Vibraphone/multi-instrumentalist)
Rogiers — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Ron Magril — Jazz (Guitar)
Ronen Gilad — Jazz (Saxophone)
Rotem Sivan — Jazz (Guitar)
Rowland Sutherland — Jazz (Flute)
Roy Ayers — Jazz (Vibraphone)
Roy Mor — Jazz (Piano)
Ryan Cohan — Jazz (Piano)
Ryan Daniels and Gavin Cheung — Soul/Funk (Urban Deep)
Sachal Vasandani — Jazz (Vocalist)
Savanna — Soul/Funk (Nu Savanna – Band)
Scotty Barnhart — Jazz (Trumpet)
Sean Corby — Jazz (Trumpet)
Sean Jones — Jazz (Trumpet)
Lord Sebastian Coe — (President of World Athletics)
Shai Maestro — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Shalosh — Jazz (band)
Simon Cooke — (Ronnie Scott’s Managing Director)
Simon Lasky — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Sinne Eeg — Jazz (Vocalist)
Sofia Rei — Jazz (Vocalist)
Somi — Jazz (Vocalist)
Soul Immigrants — Soul/Funk (Band)
Sounds of A&R — Jazz (Vocalist and trumpet)
Steel Pan Fusion — Jazz (Band)
Steve Lodder — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Steve Salvari — Soul/Funk
Steve Slagle — Jazz (Saxophone)
Steve Shapiro — Jazz (Vibraphonist/composer/producer)
Steve Smith — Jazz (Drums/Percussion)
Steve Williamson — Jazz (Saxophone)
Sultan Stevenson — Jazz (Piano)
Tal Cohen — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Tal Gamlieli — Jazz (Bass)
Teena Marie — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
The Fantastics — Soul/Funk (band)
Theo Croker — Jazz (Trumpet)
Theo Hill — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Tim Garland — Jazz (Saxophone)
Tim Marshall — (Journalist and author)
Timo Lassy — Jazz (Saxophone)
Tom Guarna — Jazz (Guitar)
Tom Harrison — Jazz (Saxophone)
Tom O’Grady — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Tommy Smith OBE — Jazz (Saxophone)
Tony Hightower — Jazz (Vocalist)
Tony Kofi — Jazz (Saxophone)
Trevor Watkis — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Trichotomy — Jazz (Band)
Trish Andrews — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Tuck & Patti — Jazz (Vocalist)
Tyreek McDole — Jazz (Vocalist)
Vernell Brown Jr — Jazz (Piano/Keyboards)
Walt Weiskopf — Jazz (Saxophone)
Walter Christopher — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Warren Wolf — Jazz (Vibraphone)
Xantoné Blacq — Soul/Funk (Vocalist/keyboardist)
Yaron Stavi — Jazz (Bass)
Yomi — Soul/Funk (Vocalist)
Yossi Fine — Jazz (Guitar)
Yotam Silberstein — Jazz (Guitar)
Zara McFarlane — Jazz (Vocalist)
Ruth is highly respected across the music industry, known for championing new music and artists, and delivering in-depth, yet warm and enthusiastic interviews. Her reputation has earned her invites from top organisations like the Ivors Academy to conduct interviews with winners at prestigious events such as the Ivor Novello Music Awards, British Composers Awards, and the Gold Badge Award ceremony.
Additionally, several UK music conservatoires and colleges recommend her shows as essential listening for their students.
Beyond her role as a presenter, Ruth is actively engaged in shaping the programming for various jazz festivals including the Cambridge Jazz Festival the Gibraltar World Music Festival and is the lead programmer for Watford Jazz Junction. She also serves as a consultant for the Red Sea Jazz Festival and participates as a panelist and judge in international showcases in Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Netherlands. Ruth also sits on the Board of the National Jazz Archives.
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