End a hot summer day with dinner and cool jazz played by Stephen Fuller and his band. Fuller, a South Ward resident, is a versatile singer who has performed internationally and in the tri-state area including venues such as Bickford Theatre, Watchung Arts Center, Shanghai Jazz and New York’s Metropolitan Room and Tomi Jazz. Let Fuller’s deep baritone melt your cares away and get your toes tapping and fingers snapping. Dancing is encouraged!
Genuine, energetic, articulate, and on a mission to soothe music lovers who venture out from their semi-urban life-styles, to melt away the daily grind. Order your favorite elixir, find a seat and sit tight. Lively conversations minimize to polite whispers as Stephen Fuller takes the stage. This rising R&B, Jazz, Calypso and occasional Gospel singer, is committed to customizing his book to fit his clientele, thus separating him from the artists who choose material for nondescript audiences.
Stephen Fuller is fresh, like an uncut diamond. His brilliance lies in his polished performance – from start to finish. Stephen Fuller’s lush and sensuous style adds a little fire to the equation, while his patrons sway to Latin rhythms. However, when he performs the infamous ballad, of another Stephen (Sondheim), “Send in the Clowns,” the crowd is briefly frozen in time, once they experience his very chilling rendition of the Broadway classic.
Stephen Fuller, a Newark native, is well known about town. His interest in singing began at age 12, when a teacher recognized his musical gift. He attended the Newark Arts High School and Colgate University, where he studied Sociology and Music, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.
This dynamic bass/baritone sings to packed houses, across the predominately upscale supper club circuit, on either side of the Hudson River. His diverse cross-generational audiences, span across New Jersey. The Bickford Theatre (Morris Museum), Brook Theatre (Bound Brook), Watchung Arts Center (Watchung), Shanghai Jazz (Madison) and The Deer Head Inn (Delaware Water Gap, PA). Additionally, Stephen Fuller has been heard performing in Midtown Manhattan, in the following locations: the Metropolitan Room, the Iguana Room, and Tomi Jazz Club. He has performed in Israel, Central America and the parts of the Caribbean.
The artist was featured in a religious publication- The Positive Community, The article is appropriately entitled “The Prime of Stephen Fuller- Lifelong Vocalist hits his Stride (June 2015). Although his voice has been compared to Jon Lucien, and Johnny Hartman, indeed a tribute, Stephen Fuller’s sound is refreshingly unique, uncomplicated, and engaging. Barbara Kukla, Jazz Historian, based in Newark, spoke of her first time hearing Stephen Fuller in concert: “I felt as though he was singing to me. I felt kissed by his music.”
Stephen Fuller’s latest Cd entitled “Expressions of the Heart.” (2013) The album is representative of the fluency of genres well captured by the artist. The following is a Sound Cloud review for his cover of the Beatles’ And I Love Her.
“One prolifically writes about the Art of Love, while the other incorporates multi- genres to cultivate, and disperse the musical seeds of the Western Hemisphere; Paul McCartney and Stephen Fuller, sowing songs of love.”