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Champian Fulton: At Home
by Richard J Salvucci
Champian Fulton is just fun to hear, no question. There are so many singers and, Heaven knows, even more pianists, so finding one who never really disappoints is no small feat, especially after nearly 20 recordings. Paired here with Stockholm-based reed player Klas Lindquist, Fulton sings and plays her way through various 'songbook' material that bubbles with enthusiasm, not to say chops. Fulton has a kind of coy relation to the beat--sometimes right there, sometimes not, but that makes her ...
Continue ReadingChampian Fulton: Flying High - Big Band Canaries Who Soared
by Richard J Salvucci
If memory serves, Woody Herman was once quoted as saying “it's tough to be a canary," or words to that effect. “Canary" of course, was just one of the many euphemisms used for female big band singers in the 1930s and 1940s. Herman's pointed observation was spot on. He thought, correctly, that most female singers were being evaluated--by male critics, of course--on their physical attributes primarily, not on their vocal prowess. This is no place to go into detail, but ...
Continue ReadingChampian Fulton: Meet Me at Birdland
by Edward Blanco
The young and talented pianist Champian Fulton presents another enchanting album recorded live at New York's Birdland dinner jazz club simply titled Meet Me at Birdland, celebrating twenty years of performing in the Big Apple; playing the piano and lending her sultry vocals to a host of uncommon standards. Since arriving in New York in 2003, playing at Birdland has become a regular feature for the pianist, a musical home away from home. Fulton employs a world-class trio that has ...
Continue ReadingSlide Hampton, Joe Pass, Woody Hermon & Champian Fulton
by Joe Dimino
From the always evolving pianist Champian Fulton, we begin the 807th Episode of Neon Jazz with a celebration of live music off her 2023 album Meet Me at Birdland. We follow that up with the legendary pianist Erroll Garner doing his rendition of “Lullaby of Birdland." From there, we dig into some vocal jazz with new music in Lauren Henderson, Roberta Donnay and Janice Borla. In between, we hear classic cuts from Slide Hampton, George Gershwin and Joe Pass. The ...
Continue ReadingChampian Fulton: Birdsong
by Dan McClenaghan
Champian Fulton was introduced to alto saxophonist Charlie Parker during her stay in the womb. The New York-based pianist/vocalist's father, Stephen Fulton held a high opinion ("The most beautiful music that ever was") of Charlie Parker With Strings (Verve, 1950), so he made a cassette tape of the recording and played it during his wife Susan's pregnancy: The sound waves of Charlie Parker and Orchestra traversing maternal flesh to burst into the domain of amniotic fluid to find their way ...
Continue ReadingChampian Fulton & Cory Weeds: Dream a little...
by Martin McFie
As pianist and vocalist Champian Fulton says, “ A duet is a unique setting." Released from the need for arrangements, she and alto saxophonist Cory Weeds were free to roam, relaxed into the music without even drums or bass to consider. A pianist and singer is more used to the isolation of solo performance, but an alto saxophonist stands out in solo sections too. For his part in this Vancouver, BC, recording, Weeds remarked, “This is a live recording made ...
Continue ReadingChampian Fulton at The Jazz Corner
by Martin McFie
Champian Fulton The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island December 20-21, 2019 By the time Christmas comes around, those old seasonal songs are worn out. They are exhausted by overexposure in elevators, shopping malls, and streamed everywhere for a whole month of every year. In complete contrast, a breath of sharp, fresh air breezed into The Jazz Corner, when charming Champian Fulton dropped into Hilton Head island with her quartet. They stopped on their way ...
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