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Larry Newcomb Ph.D.
(212) 666-2790
Jazz and Blues Guitarist, Bandleader, Teacher
LNjazzblues@yahoo.com
www.LarryNewcomb.com
MySpace.com/LarryNewcombDuoTrioQuartet
Larry Newcomb, performing and recording jazz and blues guitarist, moved to Manhattan on Valentine's Day 1999 after earning the Ph.D. in Music from the University of Florida. He founded Newcomb Guitar Studio in Gainesville, Florida in 1985. Newcomb performed and taught extensively while completing his graduate studies.
Currently, Larry performs classic and original jazz in solo, duo, trio, and quartet configurations in the greater metropolitan New York City area and Eastern U.S. He also mentors students at Newcomb Guitar Studio in the Columbia University community.
The Larry Newcomb Trio, featuring longtime bandmates Mike Camoia on tenor sax and Tom Hubbard on bass, recently released their newest CD entitled "New, Fresh, Vital." Drum legend Clifford Barbaro joins the Larry Newcomb Quartet at Manhattan venues including Small's, MODA at the Flatotel, Garage, 55 Bar, Enzo's, the Merlot, and Cleopatra's Needle.
Please visit www.LarryNewcomb.com and myspace.com/LarryNewcombDuoTrioQuartet for more information, photos, and recordings.
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Champian Fulton
Born in 1985, Champian grew up in Norman Oklahoma with her two loving parents, Stephen and Susan. Influenced at an early age by her father Stephen, a world reknowned Jazz trumpeter, Champian fell in love with Jazz. Surrounded by her father's musician friends, which included Clark Terry and Major Holley, Champian learned the language of the music firsthand. She began to study piano with her grandmother at age 5. As singing became more and more important, Champian began to play Jazz piano to accompany herself at home.
Champian's family moved to LeMars Iowa in 1994; where Stephen Fulton became the director of the Clark Terry Institute for Jazz Studies. It was here that Champian formed her first band. The members of the "Little Jazz Quintet" were all under the age of 10, except for the trumpeter - the elder of the group - who was 12 years old. The "Little Jazz Quintet" performed at many events in LeMars, including Clark Terry's 75th Birthday party.
After a short move to New York, Champian and her family returned to Norman Oklahoma in 1998. Champian's full attention turned to Jazz at this time, and by 1999 Champian was performing with her new band all around the region. 1999 included appearances at the Kemah Boardwalk Jazz Festival, the Corpus Christi Jazz Festival, and the Jazz in June Festival held in Norman Oklahoma.
2001 marked the beginning of Champian's stint at Maker's Cigar & Piano Bar in OKC. Maker's, and its owner Clinton Greehaw, were supportive of Champian while she grew musically as a professional performer. Makers made a wonderful musical home for Champian during these formative years. The Champian Fulton Trio would continue to perform at Maker's nearly every weekend through 2003, when Champian graduated from Norman North High School as valedictorian and made her move to NYC to attend SUNY Purchase Music Conservatory.
In New York City since 2003, Champian has been able to become a part of the Jazz scene. Besides leading her own gigs Champian has been able to play with some world-class musicians such as Louis Hayes, Jimmy Cobb, Frank Wess, and Lou Donaldson. You can catch her at a number of different venues in Manhattan including Birdland, where Champian performs every Tuesday with David Berger & the Sultans of Swing.
A perpetual student of Jazz piano and Jazz singing, Champian mentions Erroll Garner, Bud Powell, Sonny Clark, Count Basie, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughn as some of her main influences.
Champian was named as a finalist in the Kathleen B. Turner Jazz Piano Competition at the University of West Florida in spring 2006. That same year she graduated with honors from SUNY Purchase. Champian's debut album "Champian" was released in September of 2007. She now lives in New York City and continues to play the music she loves with her current trio including Neil Miner (bass) and Fukushi Tainaka (drums).
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Myrna Lake
Myrna Lake was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and began singing at the age of six, with her father and sister in three-part harmony. As a young teenager, she would sing with adults in her church choir, and later went on to sing with the St. Paul Civic Opera at 14 years of age.
Myrna migrated to the New York music scene and has performed throughout her 40 year career at historic jazz and other popular venues. She also had runs in two off Broadway musicals: Wanna Hear Luck by Janet Rosenberg, and Robaire by Jimmy Johnson, a saxophonist from the Big Band Era.
She has performed with famed jazz musicians including Jimmy Butts, Max Fleming, Jimmy Heath, Stan Hope, Michael Max, Pecks Morrison, Danny Mixon, Walter Perkins, Houston Person, Eddie Preston, Harold Vick, Ed Temperly, and Joe Tranchina to name a few.
The Blue Note, The Blue Coronet, The Kennedy Center, Town Hall, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, and The Village Vanguard have all been graced with her amazing sound and presence. For the last ten years, she has performed for the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Seasoned Citizens Theatre Company.
In addition to private engagements, Myrna Lake has been a jazz vocal coach and instructor for the Jazz Mobile Saturday Workshop in Manhattan, and also at the Queens Conservatory of Music in Flushing, New York.
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