Fox's mother was a jazz singer and her father owned a large record collection that she heard from an early age. After watching
the Monkees and
the Beatles, she became interested in guitar at the age of ten. She taught herself to play by listening to the Beatles album
Rubber Soul. In her teens, she played drums at school. Her professional career began at the age of seventeen when she performed in the lounge of a Chinese restaurant. In the late 1970s, she moved to California and took lessons from guitarist
Bruce Forman, which she has called the turning point in her career.
Joe Pass became her friend and mentor. Fox has taught at Yale University,
Berklee College of Music, New York University, and has led the guitar department at
California Jazz Conservatory. She has worked with guitarists
Charlie Byrd,
Kenny Burrell,
Jim Hall, and
Martin Taylor and with
Joey DeFrancesco,
Branford Marsalis,
Houston Person,
David Sanchez, and
Lonnie Smith. ==Discography==