The Larry Fuller Trio performs a FREE, outdoor jazz concert at the beautiful, waterfront Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts! Joining the Larry Fuller Trio is special guest, vocalist Lucy Yeghiazaryan.
ABOUT LARRY FULLER:
“In his amazing gossamer piano solos, he sprinkles stardust on whatever song he plays; you hold your breath in wonder.”
~ THE NEW YORK TIMES
Larry Fuller is an internationally acclaimed American jazz pianist, band leader, composer, and clinician known by critics and fans to "swing like a beast!”. He is a Yamaha-endorsed Artist....
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The Larry Fuller Trio performs a FREE, outdoor jazz concert at the beautiful, waterfront Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts! Joining the Larry Fuller Trio is special guest, vocalist Lucy Yeghiazaryan.
ABOUT LARRY FULLER:
“In his amazing gossamer piano solos, he sprinkles stardust on whatever song he plays; you hold your breath in wonder.”
~ THE NEW YORK TIMES
Larry Fuller is an internationally acclaimed American jazz pianist, band leader, composer, and clinician known by critics and fans to "swing like a beast!”. He is a Yamaha-endorsed Artist.
Early in his career, Fuller's undeniable talent earned him the position of musical director and pianist for vocalist Ernestine Anderson, pianist for drummer Jeff Hamilton’s Trio, and final pianist in legendary bassist Ray Brown’s Trio.
Harnessing this extraordinary experience – Fuller now leads The Larry Fuller Trio. He presents a musical program rarely experienced live today, consistently praised for his emotive, swinging style, monster technique, and program versatility. From bop, to stride, to swing, to blues, Fuller's performance at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts is not to be missed!
Fuller has appeared at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops, Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, Bern International Jazz Festival, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Shanghai Center Theater, Birdland NYC, Blue Note (Milan, Tokyo, NYC), Auditorio Ibirapuera with Symphony Orchestra Brazil, and many more.
ABOUT LUCY YEGHIAZARYAN:
Lucy Yeghiazaryan is an American Armenian vocalist who has become a leading voice in American straight-ahead jazz by bringing the real richness of her heritage together with her love for the ultimate American artform. She is a recipient of grants from the Doris Duke Foundation, Chamber Music America and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has shared the stage with Harold Mabern, Houston Person, Grant Stewart, Terell Stafford, Bernadette Peters, Arto Tuncboyaijian and many more. She regularly works with the Emmet Cohen trio and can be found performing in and outside of The United States with regular appearances at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, Mezzrow, Symphony Space and more. She was a top ten finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk Competition and holds a degree in World History in addition to being a skilled classical violinist. Her debut album, Blue Heaven, was released in 2019 on Cellar Live Records and was followed by the album In Her Words on La_Reserve Records in 2021 which was sponsored by The Women's Fund of NYFA. Her third album, Lonely House will be released in late 2022.
Lucy Yeghiazaryan grew up in post-Soviet Armenia and began listening to her father's once-contraband collection of jazz records at a young age. Electricity was intermittent so these listening sessions were rare but the collection of standards so captivated young Lucy that years before she ever learned to speak English, she began singing the tunes meticulously mimicking the sounds and styles of the likes of Ella and Sarah Vaughan.
Economic hardships eventually forced the family to immigrate to America in 2002. Yeghiazaryan brought her passion for jazz to the States, where she applied for and received a full scholarship to NJPAC's Jazz for Teens Program and happily became part of the local jazz community. After graduating college, Lucy moved to New York City in 2015 to pursue a career as a singer, and in a few short years she has won the respect and accolades of the elders at the epicenter of the jazz world.
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