{"id":180581,"date":"2026-03-06T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180581\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:35:09","slug":"tampa-jazz-club-gets-billy-joel-horn-player-carl-fischer-for-sunday-matinee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180581\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Jazz Club gets Billy Joel horn player Carl Fischer for Sunday matinee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"354048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/cftrumpetfacebook\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CFtrumpetFacebook.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;myrna suarez photo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;myrna suarez&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CFtrumpetFacebook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Carl Fischer&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CFtrumpetFacebook.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CFtrumpetFacebook.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CFtrumpetFacebook.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Carl Fischer performing a trumpet solo under a bright spotlight. Fischer is wearing a dark suit jacket and a pink button-down shirt, holding the trumpet with both hands in a focused, emotive pose against a dark stage background.\" class=\"wp-image-354048\"  \/>Carl Fischer Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1420196086153026&amp;set=pcb.1420197292819572\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFtrumpet \/ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Billy Joel famously <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/GMA\/Culture\/billy-joel-reveals-paid-band-members-full-salary\/story?id=80855398\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/GMA\/Culture\/billy-joel-reveals-paid-band-members-full-salary\/story?id=80855398\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">treats his band members like gold<\/a>. As the piano man works up to a return to the stage following a diagnosis with a balance-altering brain condition, the musicians are staying sharp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fischmusic.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fischmusic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Fischer<\/a>\u2019s been on Joel\u2019s payroll for 20 years playing trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, and saxophones. He also spent more than a dozen years playing with famed horn player Maynard Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>For this matinee, Fischer leads a band of Bay area players including fellow Ferguson collaborator saxophonist Mike MacArthur, multi-instrumentalist Patrick Bettison, monster fusion bassist Tim George, and The Golden Boy of the drums, Luis Alicea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/sunday-jazz-carl-fischer-and-sunshine-city-brass-with-mike-macarthur-21205081\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/sunday-jazz-carl-fischer-and-sunshine-city-brass-with-mike-macarthur-21205081\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Carl Fischer\u2019s Sunshine City Brass play Mainstage Theatre at HC Ybor in Ybor City on Sunday, March 8 are still available for $30.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772793309_161_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/mar-05-11-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar. 05 \u2013 11, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carl Fischer Credit: CFtrumpet \/ Facebook Billy Joel famously treats his band members like gold. 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