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Edward Thomas Fisher was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. His father, who had a feeling for the blues guitar, got Eddie involved in music at ten. For seven years, the keen young Fisher listened, planned, absorbed and got it together. At the age of seventeen, Eddie, he planned his escape from Little Rock. After graduating from high school, he made his move. his first stop was Memphis, Tennessee, where he studied with fine musicians and friends such as Robert Tally, Isaac Hayes, Willie Mitchell, Andrew Love, Steve Croper and many others. In time, the youthful Fisher was off again as band leader on national tours with Solomon Burke. After touring, Fisher headed to St.Louis, Mo., as band leader for Albert King. Finally hearing the call to jazz in the wilderness, he joined with Leo Gooden, who owned the star-studded Blue Note Club at 42nd Street, where the musical elite would meet Oliver Nelson, Dave Sunburn, Jimmy Smith, Oliver Lake, w/ Miles Davis, stopping to listen-see.

A rare 1985 session from guitarist Eddie Fisher, the East St. Louis native who's best known for the jazz/funk albums Fisher, The Next One Hundred Years and The Third Cup. Fisher, who died in 2007, never really achieved major stardom, but has become something a cult figure over the past years, thanks in large part to DJs and crate diggers who discovered his music and spread the word. Perhaps the most obscure item in his catalog, The Promise was issued only on vinyl in 1985 on Fisher's own Nentu label and has been out of print for years. This is boogie jazz funk at his best. — via Label

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Label: Mad About Records
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
Reissued: 2024 / Original Release: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Boogie

File under: Disco / Boogie / Funk
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