FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bonnie Franklin: bfrankli@ramapo.edu or Rosa Diaz-Mulryan: rmulryan@ramapo.edu
September 25, 2007
SULTANS OF SWING, FEATURING VOCALIST CHAMPIAN FULTON,
WILL PERFORM AT RAMAPO COLLEGE
(Mahwah) – Jazz at The Berrie Center presents The Sultans of Swing, conducted
by David Berger, Saturday, October 20 at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Theater at Ramapo College
of New Jersey. The performance features vocalist Champian Fulton.
The Sultans of Swing, David Berger’s 16-piece big band, plays the music of the
1930s and 40s up to 21st century jazz and swing.
Berger, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra conductor from 1988 to 1994, arranger
and international expert on Duke Ellington, carries on this rich tradition with the help of
vocalist Champian Fulton, a finalist in the 2007 JazzMobile competition.
Tickets for The Sultans of Swing are $26, $23 and $20 for adults, $15 for children
under 17, and a five percent discount for senior citizens and members of the New Jersey
Jazz Society and WBGO Radio. The Sharp Theater is located in the Angelica and Russ
Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts on the Ramapo College campus. For more
information call 201.684.7844.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State
Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment
for the Arts.
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