Jazz Articles about Champian Fulton

About Champian Fulton

Album Review

Speechless is a date that may be best classified as a centrist statement, but it's far from the norm for Champian Fulton. While many have come to know and admire Fulton for her arresting vocals and piano work, both usually given in service to Great American Songbook classics, she's not conforming to those expectations here. For her eighth album in total, and her debut on the Posi-Tone imprint, Fulton is staying completely mum for the first time, putting her piano ...

Album Review

Champian Fulton: After Dark

Read "After Dark" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 20, 2016

Veteran New York pianist and vocalist Champian Fulton offers another recording of time-honored standards on After Dark, except this particular effort focuses on the music of the Queen of the Blues, the music of the great Dinah Washington, who was her first major vocalist influence early on in her life. Though she grew up listening to Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Helen Humes among others, it was the sound of Dinah's voice that left the biggest impression and this album, ...

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Live Review

Love Songs by Champian Fulton

by Daniel Kassell
December 25, 2010

The Champian Fulton TrioBirdlandNew York City, USADecember 16, 2010“Please welcome Champian Fulton," Birdland's proprietor, John Valente, announced at six o'clock on Thursday night, December 16th, 2010. Why the unusual early start time? Hush, hush, Fulton had arranged to showcase her trio for Palmetto Records. Opening with “No One Loves Me, Exactly Like You," and Cole Porter's “If It's All Right with You," with its startling change in tempo, there's was no doubt: she's ...

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Album Review

Champian Fulton: The Breeze and I

Read "The Breeze and I" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann
August 19, 2010

Unlike the catholic approach to music evinced by many of today's young artists, the twenty-five year old singer and pianist Champian Fulton positively thrives in the confines of the American Popular Songbook. To cite one example from The Breeze and I, Fulton's fourth disc as a leader, an instrumental version of “My Heart Stood Still" includes an introduction which quotes “The Trolley Song" and, in the middle of her solo, references “The Surrey With The Fringe On Top." During the ...

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Album Review

Champian Fulton: The Breeze and I

Read "The Breeze and I" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
August 8, 2010

For anyone unfamiliar with her music, Champian Fulton is a delightful surprise--a waft of fresh air; a ray of sunshine that can brighten the darkest day. Fulton is a versatile pianist and singer who ingrains herself into the sentiment of a song. She has depth, emotional pitch and depth that rise to a high degree. It isn't surprising then, that besides leading her own groups in New York City (where she has been based since 2003), she has ...

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Album Review

Champian Fulton: Sometimes I'm Happy

Read "Sometimes I'm Happy" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden
December 3, 2009

The daughter of jazz trumpeter Stephen Fulton, Champian Fulton had plenty of early exposure to the music through her father. She began piano lessons at the age of five and as she grew interested in singing as well, she began accompanying herself. Fulton is a refreshing change from many of the singing jazz pianists of the past two decades, as she excels in both areas while never resorting simply to doing the minimum to get by in ...

Album Review

Champian Fulton with David Berger & The Sultans of Swing: Champian

Read "Champian" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 2, 2008

L'incontro al Birdland di New York fra David Berger e Champian Fulton ha dato luogo ad una collaborazione riuscita, che riconcilia con lo swing ed il suono delle big band. L'azzeccata scelta dei brani e degli arrangiamentti e la perfetta coordinazione della Fultan e dell'orchestra di David Berger ha permesso la riuscita di un album che ci riporta indietro nel tempo, ad un tipo di sound nostalgico che mette di buon'umore. La Fulton è una cantante vera, una che il ...