A resident of New York City, Martina Fišerová is an experienced singer and musician from Prague, Czech Republic. She has performed with Impuls, Laco Deczi & Celula New York, Phishbacher Trio, Jan Kořínek, Bharata Rajnošek and many others, mostly on the Prague jazz scene and also internationally. Fišerová supported the Czech rock star singer Kamil Střihavka as his backing vocalist for several years while leading her own original acoustic band, and was also honored to join the renowned chanson singer Hana Hegerová in concert. In the fall of 2010, Martina joined the Prague Conservatory Jazz Orchestra (under the leadership of Milan Svoboda), to perform her original songs in Vietnam. In 2011 she took part in creating CD"Ty Lidi" ("These people"), the debut album of bassist Jaryn Janek. In 2012, Blue Season Art Agency released her jazz oriented debut CD"Clearing Fields" recorded with Grammy nominated New York City organist Brian Charette, who is also featured on her second album"Shift", released in 2015. Shift was recorded both in Europe and in the USA and contains eleven original songs written by Martina.SHIFT:Martina Fišerová: vocals, guitars, tone lyres, slate xylophone, bronze metallophone, keyboardBrian Charette: piano, hammond B3, keyboards Dano Šoltis: drums (except for track 5)Tomáš Baroš: double bass on tracks 1,2,3,6Jaroslav Janek: bass guitar on track 4Andrea Valentini: drums on track 5Michal Matejka: guitar (and a stone) on track 11All songs written and arranged by Martina FišerováSound Engineers: Chris Sulit - Teaneck Sound Studio, NJ, USA
Tomáš Kozelka - Dema, Praha, CZ
Robert Tkáč - Klakson, Košice, SKMixed by Chris Sulit at Teaneck Sound Studio, NJ, USAMastered by Kevin Blackler at Blackler Mastering, Brooklyn, NYC, USAPhotos by Jan ŠroubekGraphic design by Ertaç Uygun