CHAMPIAN FULTON
Genres: Vocal Jazz, Hard Bop, Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Champian Fulton, born 12 September 1985 in Norman, Oklahoma, is an American jazz pianist and singer. A graduate of State University of New York at Purchase (aka SUNY Purchase), Champian studied piano with Hal Galper. She often included her father, trumpeter/flugelhornist Stephen Fulton on her recordings. from discogs Pianist/vocalist Champian Fulton grew up with music in her home. Her father (jazz trumpeter and educator Stephen Fulton) and mother quickly recognized their daughter's interest in music at an early age. The presence of her father's musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major Holley, also served to stimulate her focus on music. She began studying piano with her grandmother at the age of five, while she later took up singing, drums, and trumpet before eventually settling on piano and vocals. The family moved to Lemars, IA, in 1994 after Stephen Fulton became director of the Clark Terry Institute for Jazz Studies. Champian participated in read more...