Bill Fulton on keys or piano with the Jazz Heads Bryan McCann
Fin’s Seafood Grill with Bill Fulton and Bryan McCann featured Fulton on keyboards at Fin’s Seafood Grill in Westlake Village. Saxophonist Bryan McCann joined Fulton, and the engagement also carries the Jazz Heads name. Fulton earned $50 for the date. Fin’s Seafood Grill operated at 982 S Westlake Blvd, Westlake Village, California.
The Fin’s lineup
The lineup information centers on Bryan McCann and Fulton. McCann’s saxophone gives the surviving lineup a clear instrumental counterpart to Fulton’s keyboards. The Jazz Heads name also appears with this engagement, tying McCann to that group for the date. No additional players, repertoire, or formal concert program appear in the available information. That keeps the description focused on the personnel actually named for the restaurant date.
Fin’s Seafood Grill operated at 982 S Westlake Blvd in Westlake Village, California. The now-closed restaurant previously carried the Village Bayou name. In addition, that address places the engagement in the commercial corridor running through Westlake Village. The setting gave Fulton another Southern California room for live keyboard work during this period.
Westlake Village setting
Westlake Village had already developed into an established residential and commercial community by the time of these engagements. The City of Westlake Village traces the modern community to master planning that began in the 1960s. The Los Angeles County portion incorporated as a city in 1981. Fin’s therefore sat within a growing suburban community that supported restaurants, nightlife, and live entertainment.
Fulton continued working across Southern California as a pianist and keyboardist during this stretch of his career. His keyboardist and pianist credits include additional club, restaurant, concert, and private-event work. The Fin’s dates show one part of that broader performance schedule. The restaurant became a recurring stop within that stretch of live work. They also capture the changing small-group combinations that could appear from one engagement to the next.
The result is a compact picture of one professional date: Fulton on keyboards, the named personnel for that night, and Fin’s Seafood Grill as the setting. A listed payment, when available, adds another concrete detail to the engagement. In addition, those specifics distinguish this appearance from the many other Fin’s dates in Fulton’s schedule.
Artist: Bill Fulton on keys or pianoDate/Time: August 20, 1994 12:00 am
Venue: Fin's Seafood Grill (fka Village Bayou) - CLOSED
Address: 982 S Westlake Blvd Westlake Village, CA 91361
