Champian performs at the Grenoble Metropole Jazz Festival
Champian performed at the Grenoble Metropole Jazz Festival in October 2022 with Alex Gilson (bass) and Armando Luongo (drums).
Pictures by Franck Benedetto
Champian Performs in New York Emmy Nominated Show
Champian appeared in the NY Emmy nominated show “Take Me Back to Manhattan”, produced by Jazz at the Ballroom and Ordinary Sunday. The show was televised on NY1 in 2021.
Champian featured in Hot House Jazz Magazine as Live at Birdland recording begins this weekend
Champian Fulton is featured in the September 2022 issue of Hot House Jazz Magazine as she prepares for her upcoming Live at Birdland recording and performance this weekend, September 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Champian Releases a Piano Trio Record, Blue and Sentimental, on Venus Records
“Blue and Sentimental” features Champian with her Scandinavian rhythm section of Kristian Leth and Hans Backenroth. Performing only in the piano trio format (no singing), the tune selections are mostly Jazz compositions by musicians such as Fats Waller, Cedar Walton, Thad Jones, Major Holley, and Phineas Newborn.
Read more about the release here: https://venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1301.html
Champian in the Columbia Tribune : How jazz artist Champian Fulton plays both and in and out of her time
Link to the Full Article: https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/05/20/how-jazz-artist-champian-fulton-plays-both-and-and-out-her-time/9737689002/
“Champian Fulton has discovered the secret to seizing each musical moment.
The singer-pianist has absorbed countless measures of great jazz. When Fulton sits at the keyboard, she sounds both as if she is bringing all that history to bear and somehow freed by it; free to choose which muse to follow, free to be truly herself in light of all that came before.
One could, of course, observe that all jazz is grounded in a continuum. But Fulton has an intimate relationship with its history. And the deep, timeless sensibility of her work makes each moment sound alive and new.”
Champian Announces European Tour, Spring 2022
On the heels of a successful 2021, Champian Fulton returns to Europe with 27 shows in 6 countries over 7 weeks, including an extended stay in Northern Italy and a return to cities such as Frankfurt DE and London UK, which haven’t seen Champian since 2019. Audiences can expect to hear repertoire from her award winning 2020 release “Birdsong” and 2021’s “Live from Lockdown,” both of which were awarded “Jazz Vocal Album'' of the year in the NYC Jazz Record. In addition to the posted concert dates, Champian will be recording a new album while in Copenhagen which is expected to feature her piano playing with a return to the all instrumental format (Champian is expected to record 2 albums this year).
Yamaha artist Champian Fulton is a world-renowned pianist and vocalist, considered by many to be “the most gifted pure Jazz singer of her generation” (Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press) and a “charming young steward of the mainstream Jazz tradition” (The NY Times). She has released 14 albums since 2006 and performed in over 25 countries.
For tour details visit www.champian.net/schedule
For inquires email marinachasse@gmail.com
Champian Featured in the Absolute Sound (February 2022)
“Some musicians want to reinvent the wheel every time they record an album, but not Champian Fulton. With musical heroes like Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, she stays rooted in the music that’s closest to her soul. “I like things that swing,” she once put it. “I’m a bebopper at heart.” The same could be said of her father, Stephen Fulton, who joins her for a series of duets on Live from Lockdown. A mixture of instrumentals and vocal performances, the album features Champian on piano and vocals and Stephen on flugelhorn and trumpet. Standards like “I Hadn’t Anyone Till You,” “Satin Doll,” “Moonglow,” and “What Is This Thing Called Love” are delivered with a casual late-night air that calls to mind many mid-century Jazz albums. Champian is a soulful singer whose enthusiasm is infectious, and there’s a life-affirming quality to Live from Lockdown. Simply having the opportunity to play the music she loves and share it with other people seems to be all the inspiration she and her father need to record an album that makes listeners feel like they’re part of a small, intimate, and special audience.” - Jeff Wilson, the Absolute Sound
(publicity by Lydia Liebman Promotions)
