Blurb about an early internet show I worked on in 2000 or 2001:

http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/inspector_beaver_P15876/

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Review:
Parlett/Fulton All-Star Big Band
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

If you happened to be on Pico Boulevard Tuesday night and wandered into the Santa Monica Bar & Grille, you were in for a real treat. On stage, making their debut, was the Parlett/Fulton All-Star Big Band. And while there are a lot of adjectives this reviewer could use to describe the evening, the best one is simply, "Wow!"

The 17 member band of all stars, brought together by co-leaders Mike Parlett and Bill Fulton, began the evening with The Chicken and, from the first note, you knew the night was going to be something special. And that "something special" continued throughout the two set show. Sometimes you can just tell when a group loves playing together and this group certainly did. There were standout performances all around but let's just say that the charts, the music, the dedication and the energy were palpable.

The program consisted of great arrangements of tunes you will know and love along with original compositions and arrangements by Bill Fulton who played keyboards and co-led the band. Standouts tunes included a hot rendition of My Favorite Things, an original song by Bill Fulton entitled Los Gringos and Pat Metheny's, James. Solo performances were shared all around which added icing to the already wonderful cake. By the bios in the program (and what other Big Band puts out a program?), the entire band is made up of top players: Mike Parlett and Fred Horn on Alto, Vince Suzuki and Scott Roewe on tenor sax; Laksar Reese on Bari Sax, Bill Theurer, Jeff Elliott, Jon Pappenbrook and John Thomas on trumpet, Steve Johnson, Alisha Marie Ard, Les Benedict on trombone, George Thatcher on Bass Trombone, Chris Strandring on guitar, David Hughes on bass and David Derge on drums.

But the most memorable moment of the evening for me was an original song called Ozmosis. This arrangement, another Fulton original, had these pros with their heads deep into the chart… a real indication of how challenging the music was. The result? An absolute feast for the senses. They blew the roof off the place!

We all hope they continue playing around town because, once the word gets out, it's gonna be an SRO for every show. I can't wait for them to put out a CD!

Bruce Economou

Mr. Economou is literary and talent manager in Los Angeles (he is not affiliated with the Big Band).

I was a guest on the Mike Parlett radio show which you can hear every Sunday from 4:00-6:00pm PST at Solar Radio. Go directly to Mike's page to hear a recording of the broadcast the show featuring Bill Fulton. Mike played some cuts from my soon to be released CD "About 12:00am."

Mastering is now complete on my next CD release "About 12:00am" thanks to Eddie Schreyer at Oasis Mastering. Dennis Moody tracked 3 of the cuts and mixed and edited the entire album of 9 cuts. Photos and artwork are now in process.

Look for an early 2009 release. Really... I promise!

Bill Fulton's "newish" CD (working title: "Girl of the Moment") was supposed to be released in late 2007 but has only now finished it's final mix TODAY? GO FIGURE! Why did it take so long to finish this album? I dunno. But it was started in September of 2005 and is only now ready for mastering! Well, at least it's a project I will be proud of for years to come. Ernie Watts, Eric Marienthal, Gary Novak, Mike Miller, and Kevin Ricard are featured as well as Jeff Robinson on a vocal tune.

Check out this video: Gina Eckstine with Jazz Trio


Gina told me about this vid on her MySpace page so I just HAD to post it here. Steve Andreoni on bass. Me with long hair and looking o' so Jesus-like! And Gina looking OH so lovely!!

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/A_ENTERTAIN/80815010/0/A_ENTERTAIN04

Scroll to a little below the middle of the page to see Joshua Crumbly blurb.

The Bill Fulton Band performs at Sherman Oaks Galleria Friday 8/24/07 7-10pm with special guest vocalist Rebecca Kyler Downs. Join Bill Fulton's MySpace list on fulltone and billfultonband . Check out Bill's CD "Time" available at many online retail outlets.

The Bill Fulton Band performs at La Ve Lee Tuesday 6/26/07 8:30pm with special guest vocalist Andrea Miller. Join Bill Fulton's MySpace list on fulltone and billfultonband . Check out Bill's CD "Time" available at many online retail outlets.

The Bill Fulton Band performs at BB Kings Blues Club Thursday 1/25/06 6:30-7:15pm. Join Bill Fulton's friend list on MySpace. Check out Bill's CD "Time" available at many online retail outlets.