Champian Fulton
Champian Fulton (born September 12, 1985 in Norman , Oklahoma ) is an American jazz pianist and singer .
Live and act
Champian Fulton's father is trumpeter and flugelhorn player Stephen Fulton, who is friends with Clark Terry . Even in high school, she worked with her own bands in LeMars, Iowa , where her father was the director of the Clark Terry Institute for Jazz Studies . In 2001 she had her first engagement at Maker's Cigar & Piano Bar in Oklahoma City. She then studied music at the Conservatory of the State University of New York at Purchase and then moved to New York City to perform standard interpretations in jazz clubs and restaurants in Manhattan. a. at Birdland , Lincoln Center , Smalls, and Dizzy's.
In 2006 she recorded her debut album with the Sultans of Swing under the direction of David Berger , and in 2011 she gave concerts in Germany with the WDR Big Band Cologne in the program Songs from the Thirties . Around 2012 she worked in a trio with bassist Neal Miner and drummer Fukushi Tainaka; in the course of her career so far she has played a. a. with Jimmy Cobb , Frank Wess , Lou Donaldson and Louis Hayes .
In 2014 Cellar Live ( Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club ) released the album Change Partners: Live at the Yardbird Suite (with Jodi Proznick (b), Julian MacDonough (dr) and Cory Weeds (ts)).
Awards
At the Down Beat Critic's Poll , Fulton was named best newcomer ( Rising star ) in 2013 and 2014 ; In 2006 she was a finalist in the Kathleen B. Turner Jazz Piano Competition at the University of West Florida . In 2009 she received the American Music Award in the category Best Jazz Vocalist and Pianist of the Year .
Discographic notes
- Champian Fulton with David Berger & The Sultans of Swing (2007)
- Sometimes I'm Happy (2010)
- The Breeze And I (2011)
- Sings and Swings (Sharp Nine, 2012)
- Speechless (2017)
Web links
- Champian Fulton at Allmusic (English)
- Champian Fulton at Discogs (English)
- Champian Fulton website
Individual evidence
- ^ Portrait at Lichfield jazz festival
- ↑ Review by Christopher Loudon , JazzTimes January 19, 2015, accessed January 24, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fulton, Champian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norman , Oklahoma , United States |