Chris Fitzgerald has been a member of the Louisville jazz community as both a teacher and a performer since 1985. During that time, he has performed as pianist or bassist with Jamey Aebersold, Lynne Arriale, Sonny Fortune, Andy LaVerne, Harry Pickens, Richard Stolzman, and many others.

Chris earned a Master of Music degree in Theory and Composition from the University of Louisville in 1992. Since then, he has become dedicated to jazz education, serving as a faculty member at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops for the past eight years. He currently teaches full time at the University of Louisville, where his teaching duties include jazz theory, traditional theory, improvisation, jazz bass, jazz piano, and jazz ensembles.

He also devotes much of his creative energy to his role as bassist and contributing composer for Java Men, a quartet dedicated to the composition and performance of original jazz music, and to his role as bassist in the Harry Pickens Trio.

Visit Chris at chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com

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