BRIAN CULBERTSON

Brian Culbertson (born January 12, 1973) is a musician, instrumentalist, producer and performer from Decatur, Illinois, United States. Culbertson attended DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Son of jazz band director and trumpeter Jim Culbertson, Brian's instruments include the keyboard and trombone.

Heavily influenced by funk, much of Culbertson's material is funk-based instrumental, but he has begun calling upon vocalistssuch as Trey Lorenz, Marc Nelson, Kenny Lattimore and Avant to add to his later pieces.

Culbertson has released thirteen albums so far. The first three were on the Blue Moon label: "Long Night Out" 1994, "Modern Life" 1995, and "After Hours" 1996. After moving to Atlantic Records, three more albums followed: "Secrets" 1997, "Somethin' Bout Love" 1999, and the critically acclaimed "Nice & Slow" 2001. "Come on Up" 2003 was released on Warner Jazz, and Culbertson then moved to GRP Records for his project, "It's On Tonight" 2005 which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Magazine's contemporary-jazz charts.

One June 12, 2012, Culbertson released his thirteenth full length album, DREAMS.^[1] The album featured production by Brian and producer Rex Rideout, and featured vocalists Stokley Williams of Mint Condition ("No Limits"), Vivian Green ("Still Here"), andNoel Gourdin ("You're My Music").

Culbertson also works with many other musicians in the contemporary jazz arena, often as a composer and arranger. Culbertson is currently credited with working with Dave Koz, Peter White, Richard Elliot, Jeff Lorber, Michael Lington and legendary A&M Records composer and producer Herb Alpert. He is married to Michelle Culbertson, also known by her stage name Micaela Haley.

Culbertson plays mainly Roland keyboards.^{[citation needed]}

Culbertson has regularly appeared live on many radio stations including KTWV in Los Angeles and the UK's Solar radio withMichael J. Parlett. Culbertson has also regularly been an opening act for Barry Manilow's shows outside of Las Vegas since 2007.^[2][3]

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