| David Benoit
25 Jan Lori Carsillo 18 Jan Champian Fulton 21 Jun Stacey Hoffman 03 May | Clifford Lamb
26 Apr Gunnar Madsen 15 Mar Alex Monfort 04 Jan Pamela Rose 29 Mar | Omar Sosa
22 Mar Claudia Villela 12 Apr E.W. Wainwright 17 May Kalil Wilson 08 Jun |
| Champian Fulton (2019) | |
|---|---|
| Pianist-vocalist Champian Fulton hails from Norman, OK. Having started on piano at age five, she later tried drums. She also experimented with trumpet, emulating her jazz-playing father, Stephen. Frequent visitors to chez Fulton included his friends Clark Terry and Major Holley, and when Stephen was hired to run the Clark Terry Institute for Jazz Studies, the family moved to Iowa.
A notable performance of Champian's came when she was barely 10 years old, at Clark Terry's 75th birthday party. Clark took notice of what an excellent singer and pianist she was becoming. Champian attended college at SUNY Purchase, studying with Jon Faddis. A decade or so ago, she was recognized as a Rising Jazz Star by the Down Beat Magazine Critic’s Poll. More recently, she was voted "Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year" at the 2017 Hot House Jazz Magazine Fans' Decision Award Ceremony. As a leader, Champian has recorded prolifically, and her album count is now in double figures. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Woody Shaw | Setting Standards | Spiderman Blues | Muse |
| # 2 | Red Garland | Red Garland's Piano | Almost Like Being in Love | OJC |
| # 3 | Freddie Hubbard | The Hub of Hubbard | The Things We Did Last Summer | MPS |
| # 4 | Dinah Washington | Sings the Blues | Show Time | Mercury |
| # 5 | Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes | Just Friends | Verve |
| # 6 | Dexter Gordon | Tangerine | Tangerine | OJC |
| # 7 | Erroll Garner | The Original Misty | I've Got the World on a String | Mercury |
| # 8 | Sphere | Bird Songs | Quasimodo | Verve |
| Book | The Complete Short Stories of John Cheever | |||
| Luxury Item | A Steinway grand piano | |||