About the Bill Fulton Band | Los Angeles Jazz Fusion & Smooth Jazz

The Bill Fulton Band (2002-2009) was an exciting, 8 piece (9 piece with vocal) jazz fusion and smooth jazz ensemble comprised of LA’s finest musicians. Renowned saxophonist Ernie Watts appeared with the band on occasion as well as Eric Marienthal (Chick Corea, David Benoit), Gary Novak (Chick Corea), Katisse Buckingham, and Kevin Ricard (American Idol).

Bill Fulton, originally created the band as a vehicle for the live performance of music from his CD “Time” on Rhombus Records. “Time” is available worldwide on many music retail sites. The Bill Fulton Band’s instrumentation included keyboards, bass, drums, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, guitar and sometimes vocal. The style is essentially contemporary fusion jazz but also incorporates latin, gospel, funk, swing, rock and hip-hop. The band has played local LA jazz clubs and festivals to enthusiastic audiences. The album ‘Time’ received national airplay on up to 20 radio stations around the time of its release in 2002.