Champian Fulton

Champian Fulton is a New York jazz pianist and singer who plays and sings at once in the swinging mainstream tradition. Born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1985 to jazz trumpeter Stephen Fulton, she grew up around musicians like family friend Clark Terry and gave an early performance at his seventy-fifth birthday party at the age of ten. She moved to New York in 2003 and has been a regular at Birdland for more than twenty years, releasing some nineteen albums as a leader. A Yamaha artist, she has shared stages with Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Buster Williams, and Jimmy Cobb.