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Hulon at 9th Annual African-American History Festival

February 18, 2012 from 8pm to 10pm – Franklin Square Park

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May 10, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:45pm – Pineapple WIlly's

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May 11, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:45pm – Pineapple Willy's

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May 12, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:45pm – Pineapple Willy's

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HULON AT PINEAPPLE WILLY'S
May 12, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:45pm
HULON AT PINEAPPLE WILLY'S
May 11, 2012 from 6:30pm to 9:45pm
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First Name: Hulon

I am here for:: Meet Players, Networking, Other

Employment Status: Employed

About Me:: Truly living up to its provocative title, Hulon’s 2010 independently released debut First Impressions spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Jazz Chart (peaking at #25). Its debut single “Sax on the Beach” reached #16 on the SmoothJazz.com Top 50 Indie Chart and was featured on the noted jazz website AllAboutJazz.com, in addition to receiving national and international airplay at terrestrial and online radio. Collaborating once again with mentor, composer, producer and fellow saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, the Panama City, Florida based tenor saxman gets even more personal and intimate with his growing audience on his highly anticipated, musically eclectic follow-up After Hours.

World renowned for his years with The Rippingtons, The Sax Pack and numerous hit solo albums over the past 20 years, Kashiwa again brought in some of contemporary jazz’s most powerful and dynamic players to take Hulon’s musical game on the new collection to the next level; Dave Hooper (drums), Allen Hinds (guitar), Melvin Davis (bass) and Bill Heller (keyboards) all played key roles as well on First Impressions.

The new 11 track set includes a vocal and instrumental version of the Heatwave classic “Always and Forever” and eight originals penned by Kashiwa that play to Hulon’s strengths as a soulful balladeer and a grooving R&B/funk player, with a few dashes of cool and swinging traditional jazz in the mix. Highlights include the sensual late night romance “You’re Beautiful,” the whimsical mid tempo light funk tune “Takin’ My Time,” the tropical chill of “Sticky Trickuation,” the sly, “Pink Panther”-esque “Speak Easy” (featuring shuffling drum, bass and finger snap rhythm) and the high octane horn-driven jam and first single from the new release,“Do You Feel Me.”

Yet there’s lot more to Hulon’s dynamic emergence onto the urban jazz scene than simple chart stats and the support of some of the genre’s best players. At its heart, it’s the story of a musical dream long deferred and unique connections between the spiritual and emotional healing power of music and the physical healing that Dr. Hulon E. Crayton does as a rheumatologist and founder of The Arthritis and Infusion Center, which specializes in the treatment of Rheumatological diseases as well as sports related injuries. The title of one of the tracks on After Hours, the tropical flavored groove tune, “Second Opinion” is a playful ode to his longtime profession.

Over the past few years, Hulon has experienced the unique double blessing of performing for some of his patients, feeling joy and fulfillment as those who once could not even walk actually got up and danced and sang along—all thanks to him! Hulon has been practicing since 1986 and is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and of the American Board of Rheumatology. He has a Master’s in Hospital Administration and has served in the U.S. Army and the Army Reserve, obtaining the rank of Captain. In an effort to give back to the community, Hulon and his wife Dinah created the Crayton Foundation to assist in providing minorities with a feasible way to attain the funding needed to attend college; they have given numerous scholarships to students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare related fields. The foundation gave the first ever scholarship at Florida State University for African American students.

The Milwaukee born and raised Hulon was originally inspired to play the alto sax by his college roommate when he was an undergrad at Lincoln University in Missouri. He taught himself the instrument and it became a favorite hobby for a time, used as recreation and stress relief as Hulon played along to his favorite recordings. He put the horn aside for years as he went to medical school at the University of Wisconsin, started his first practice, got married and began raising a family. Hulon’s interest was rekindled when all three of his children showed an interest in music and served as first chair on their respective instruments in middle school. He had loaned his daughter his old sax and she wouldn’t give it back, so he bought a tenor at a local pawn shop (after moving to Florida) and that became his main voice as he began to pursue music professionally.

Website:: http://www.hulonsax.com

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Come out to see me!

I have some tour dates coming up, that I’d like to share with all of you! I’d love for all of you to come out and support me if you are in the area!

February 18, 2012 at Franklin Square Park The 9th Annual African-American History Festival. 8pm EST- 10pm EST 6th St & Avenue L, Apalachicola, FL, 32329.

February 26, 2012 interview with Tania-…

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Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:05am

After Hours

My new album, “After Hours” comes out on Tuesday February 7th! I am excited to share my new music with all of you, and hope that you all enjoy it!

If you haven’t had a chance to check out my preview video or listen to some of the songs from the new album on SoundCloud (“Do You Feel Me” and “Two In The Morning”), I’ll add those links to the bottom of this post. Also make sure you head over to my Facebook to stay updated with all my news (and if you haven’t you can download a free track…

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Posted on February 3, 2012 at 11:04am

Free Download

Like what your heard in the preview video last week? Interested in hearing the full version of 'Speak Easy'? Great! Right now on my Facebook you can get a free download (just follow the link at the bottom of the post)! It is off of my new album 'After Hours'. If you like what you hear, you can pick up a copy of my new album on February 7th! I hope you enjoy the download, have a great…

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Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:37pm

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Posted on January 26, 2012 at 7:18pm

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At 7:31pm on September 4, 2011, John Powell said…: Thanks for the add.... Enjoyed your music....

At 2:36pm on May 12, 2011, Marta Graciela Bressi said…: Dear Hulton,

Your music is beatiful and sweet...!

Marta:)

At 12:59pm on May 7, 2011, Kenneth L Taylor said…: If you ever do anything for the Clayton Foundation in Arizona, let me know. I'd be happy to help any way I can (retired teacher here0. Best wishes.

At 4:29am on November 14, 2010, Bob Vnencak said…: Thanks for the friendship.

Best wishes,
Bob

At 10:50pm on July 10, 2010, Kyle Vock said…: Hello, thanks for the add. I just checked out your music and info. Sounds great! Hopefully we can play a gig in the future!

Highest regards,

-Kyle Vock