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Carl Fischer has been playing with Billy Joel for four years. Fischer first picked up the trumpet at age 5, inspired by his father and grandfather, who were talented trumpet players themselves. He began his music career with The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, led by the highly acclaimed trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. He then joined legendary jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. Listening to Ferguson play and learning his unique style, Fischer found a mentor. Ferguson eventually asked Fischer to open performances for him; the first time in Ferguson’s 40 years of touring that he had a trumpet player open a show for him. Fischer says that the Billy Joel band is a very close group. He added that Joel keeps good people close to him, and that everyone who works on the show, from the headliner himself to the last roadie, is a “class act..” - When not touring with Joel, Fischer substitutes for Broadway musicians and works with a jazz band of his own, Carl Fischer & Organic Groove Ensemble who currently have a brand new release out titled “Adverse Times.” (FischMusic Records) “We just want to play some music and have a good time,” said Fischer, adding that he feels blessed to have made a living making music. “I don’t go to work, I go to play.”