Bill Fulton - About 12.00am (2009)

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Artist:
Title: About 12.00am
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Fulltone Music
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 56:26 min
Total Size: 411 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Shizzle Dizzle [6:39]
2. Somewhere in September [7:26]
3. Bolivia [5:51]
4. Girl of the Moment [6:30]
5. Straight No Chaser [5:13]
6. Nighthawks [5:26]
7. About 12:00am [7:04]
8. Lights [6:14]
9. Sleeps with the Dishes [6:00]

Personnel:

Bill Fulton - Piano, Keyboards
Stan "Be Bop" Martin - Trumpet
Eric Marienthal - Alto & Soprano Saxophones
Katisse Buckingham - Alto Saxophone, Flute
Rick Rossi - Alto Saxophone
Ernie Watts - Tenor Saxophone
Andy Martin - Trombone
Andrew Lippman - Trombone
Mark Chosak - Guitar
David Enos - Bass
David Derge - Drums
Gary Novak - Drums
Kevin Ricard - Percussion

Born on July 4, 1962 in Oakland, California, Bill Fulton is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, music producer and pianist/keyboardist. Bill moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to attend the Dick Grove School of Music and later write music for MCA-TV, The Arthur Company Television and Motion Pictures, Warner Bros, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and BBDO creating themes and underscore for "The Munsters Today", "The New Dragnet", "The New Adam 12", "FBI: The Untold Stories", "I Am Weasel", "Cow & Chicken", "What A Cartoon!", and many other industrial/instructional films and commercials. In 2002 Bill also started the Bill Fulton Band which played in many Los Angeles venues including the Playboy Jazz Festival.

Bill Fulton is known throughout the Los Angeles area as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, music producer and pianist/keyboardist. Bill has been very active in the Southland vicinity in and around Los Angeles, CA since 1987 when he moved there from the San Francisco Bay Area. Born on July 4, 1962 in Oakland, California, Bill spent his childhood in nearby Alameda. Bill began his music exploration at the age of 7 on the trumpet, later switching to piano at the age of 14. He attended Cal State University at Hayward as a music composition major. After Cal State Hayward, Bill worked extensively in the Bay Area as a performer, teacher, composer, arranger, and engineer. As a keyboardist in the Bay Area Bill worked with Sheila E., KSAN radio personality Steve Jordan, Chuck Mangione guitarist Grant Geissman, popular Bay Area R&B/Top 40 group Touch n Go as well as many other fine musical ensembles. In April 1987, shortly after leaving Touch n Go, Bill moved to the Los Angeles area to attend the Dick Grove School Of Music's Composing/Arranging Program.

Bill has also worked as an orchestrator and copyist and is known for his big band writing, which recently (2008) has become more in demand from high school and university music departments, music camps, and established big bands throughout the world. Bill also started the Bill Fulton Band in 2002, which released an album called “Time” (2002) and “About 12:00am” (2009) and has played in many Los Angeles venues including the Playboy Jazz Festival. The Bill Fulton Band is a jazz-fusion octet that features some of the greatest talents in Los Angeles. The Bill Fulton Band without a doubt represents LA's (Los Angeles) top players and musicians performing jazz-fusion, smooth jazz, funk, pop, and classical styles. The Bill Fulton Band has featured legendary saxophonist Ernie Watts on many occasions.

Some of the artists Bill has worked with include: Bill Holman, Connie Stevens, Ernie Watts, Gordon Goodwin, Jeff Goldblum, Jeff Lorber, Joely Fisher, Lily Tomlin, Martha Plimpton, Suzanne Somers, John Magruder, and many others.