The celebrated jazz pianist and vocalist Champian Fulton discusses her work, upcoming performances in Vancouver at Frankie’s Jazz Club (01, 02 March 2024), and her new album Cory Weeds Meets Champian Fulton Every Now and Then (release date: 12 April 2024), with Joseph Planta.

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Champian Fulton joins me now. The acclaimed jazz pianist and vocalist is in British Columbia this week, tonight in Nanaimo, Thursday in Victoria, and Friday in Maple Ridge. She’s on tour with Vancouver’s Cory Weeds, a longtime collaborator, as they perform songs off their upcoming album, Cory Weeds Meets Champian Fulton Every Now and Then. It comes out in April, but there’s a track off the album available now on Apple Music. I caught up with Ms. Fulton last week, and we talked about working with Weeds, this new album, performing, and the timeless music from the Great American Songbook and beyond that she sings and plays so well. Next week, there are dates in the Southwest, in San Antonio and Phoenix, before two nights at Frankie’s Jazz Club here in Vancouver, March 1^st and 2^nd, 2024. Visit www.frankiesjazzclub.ca for reservations. Champian Fulton is considered one of her generation’s most gifted pure jazz musicians. She’s a mainstay in New York City’s jazz scene, taking the town by storm ever since she left Oklahoma, her state of birth. Visit www.champian.net for more information. The new album will be released April 12^th. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Champian Fulton; Ms. Fulton, good morning.

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