CHAMPIANCHAMPIAN FULTONFULTON NEWNEW YORKYORK CHAMPIANCHAMPIAN FULTONFULTON PIANO & VOCALSVOCALS | NEANEALLML MMINERINER BASSBASS | MARKMARK JOHNSONJOHNSON DRUMSDRUMS CHAMPIAN WAS NAMED RISING STAR JAZZ supported by equally impressive piano chops VOCALIST IN THE DOWNBEAT CRITICS POLL, (quite a feat when featured simultaneously), 2013 & 2014. along with a killer backing band. This is the type CHAMPIAN SINGS & SWINGS WAS SELECT- of traditional vocal/piano jazz that never goes ED AMONG THE TEN BEST JAZZ ALBUMS IN out of style. 2013 BY THE NEW YORK OBSERVER & THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD. The charismatic New York vocalist and pianist is the talk of Manhattan and shines through her talent and artistic maturity. In spite of her young age, Champian has the lived in voice that gives authority to all the classic show songs and has played with such masters as Jim- my Cobb, Frank Wess, Lou Donaldson, Louis Hayes and Buster Williams. “Change Partners” presents some extracts of a NEW ALBUM concert recorded in May 2014 at the Yardbird Change Partners Live at the Yardbird Suite Suite in Edmonton, Canada. Her crowd-pleas- AVAILABLE OCTOBER 28TH, 2014 ing, effortless and award-nominated voice is on Cellar Live BOOKING | Marina Chassé & Like a sound [email protected] | + 33 (0)6 81 98 90 95 likeasound.com | champian.net This young artist from Oklahoma captivates audiences in New York’s fi nest Jazz rooms and all around the world. Champian grew up with music in the home; her father (Jazz trumpeter Stephen Fulton) recognized her fascination with music at an early age and the presence of his musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major Holley, inspired her focus on Jazz. Full biography on champian.net SOME PAST CONCERTS: Detroit Jazz Festival (USA), Cognac Blues Passion (France), Edinburgh Jazz Festival (Scotland), Jazz at Lincoln Center (USA), Gouvy Jazz Festival (Belgium), Cliff ord Brown Jazz Festival (USA), Ystad Jazz Festival (Sweden), TanJazz (Morroco), Jazz en Touraine (France), Rochester Jazz Festival (USA), Jamboree Jazz (Spain), Ascona Jazz Festival (Switzerland)… “An assured vocalist with a galvanizing presence” The New Yorker. “The best new singer I’ve heard this year. – Make that several years” The village Voice. “Champian is the most gifted pure jazz singer of her generation” Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press. “Superb vocal inflections and bebop chops” All About Jazz NY. “Champian Fulton is a double-threat performer, possessing a powerful voice and some heavy piano chops.” The New York City Jazz Record “A charming young steward of the mainstream jazz tradition…" Nate Chinen, New York Times "Fulton is sassy and sexy…" All About Jazz Info, videos and concerts : www.champian.net and www.likeasound.com.