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Brian Culbertson’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway has been one of our annual favorite premier music events to cover since it originated five years ago. Label him jazz and he makes a funk record. Brian Culbertson was born in Decatur, Illinois. Featuring many guests including Mr. Talkbox, Bootsy Collins, Avery*Sunshine, Marcus Anderson, Everette Harp, Noel Gourdin, Patches Stewart, Ray Parker Jr., Paul Jackson Jr., Jubu Smith, Nicholas Cole, and more, the XX album is genre-bending ride through tracks remeniscent of all of Brian’s albums: Smooth Jazz, Funk, Gospel, Pop, R&B, and more.In late 2011, Culbertson announced he would be hosting the first annual Brian Culbertson Napa Valley Jazz Getaway at the Napa Valley Opera House on June 7–10, 2012.

He attended DePaul University where he met his wife, Micaela Haley, who provided background vocals on his early albums. Brian Culbertson (born January 12, 1973) is an American smooth jazz/R&B/funk musician, instrumentalist, producer and performer from Decatur, Illinois, United States. In 2013, he announced on his blog that he was working on his fourteenth album, the album His latest album released on April 10th, 2020 is aptly titled “XX” (roman numeral for 20) since it’s his 20th solo record.

We’ll go hang out and probably end up at a jam session and go with the vibe.” To underscore the listening experience, the song is accompanied with a vibrant animated music video featuring Culbertson and the gang and is slated to debut around the release of the album. Brian Culbertson is an American contemporary jazz/R&B/funk musician, instrumentalist, producer and performer from Decatur, Illinois, United States. As a child, he was musically skilled, having started playing piano at age 8, drums at 9, trombone at 10, bass in 7th grade, euphonium in high school and more.Growing up, he listened to Sting, The Yellowjackets, George Duke, David Foster, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Chicago, and Earth, Wind and Fire. We didn’t have another original song prepared, so I just blurted out to my guitar player, ‘Play That Funky Music’ just to get something going.

You really have each other’s back and grow to love each other. Brian Culbertson was born in Decatur, Illinois. People who are born on a Friday are social, have self-confidence, and and a generous personality. *best if viewed on a computer, NOT a handheld device: Early life and career. His father, Jim Culbertson, a respected high-school jazz band director and trumpeter, cultivated a love of sanguine sounds in the young Brian, who eagerly listened to anything his dad put on the stereo. “It was really important for me to pay tribute to those guys who were huge influences on me,” says Culbertson. His family exposed him to a wide array of musical artists, including David Foster, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, Chicago, and Earth, Wind and Fire. In the bedroom of the apartment he shared with three college buddies, he recorded his debut album, Long Night Out, playing most of the instruments himself but also enlisting a small backing group.The LP spent ten consecutive weeks in the Top Five of the adult contemporary charts. Founder of the Napa Valley Jazz Getaway. His family exposed him to a wide array of musical artists, including David Foster, Marcus Miller, David S… In an interview, Culbertson revealed that he met his wife in college through his first bass player Sharay Reed who had met Michelle at the World of Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee where they both won awards at the age of 16. “So when I started doing this album, I had to include this song.” We are media that believes in supporting live music as a VIP ticket holder as well. They both were reintroduced to one another at DePaul University two years later. He hosted the first annual Brian Culbertson Napa Valley Jazz Getaway in early June 2012 at the Napa Valley Opera House. In the bedroom of the apartment he shared with three college buddies, he recorded his debut album, Long Night Out, playing most of the instruments himself but also enlisting a small backing group.The LP spent ten consecutive weeks in the Top Five of the adult contemporary charts. Michelle Culbertson, also known as Micaela Haley, is a versatile musician. Lauded and prolific Jazz/R&B musician After the untimely passing of both Prince and White this year, Culbertson saw it fit to revisit his love for funk music and the memory of the two icons that acted as conduits for his first foray into the genre. He worked with multiple R&B and jazz musicians, including Larry Graham, Chris Botti, and Faith Evans. The expanded 5-day 2013 event was held at the Napa Valley Opera House and the Lincoln Theater in addition to several wineries and featured Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, Rick Braun, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Take 6, Ray Parker Jr., Eric Darius, Nick Colionne, Michael Lington, DW3, Cecil Ramirez and returning special guest comedian Sinbad.Culbertson has received numerous awards including a 2012 NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Jazz Album; 2012 Soul Train Award nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist; Winning Six (6) 2011 Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards for Best Entertainer, Best Album “XII”, Best Song “That’s Life”, Best Keyboardist, Best Male Artist and Best Collaboration “w/Earl Klugh”; 2010 Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for Best International Artist; 2010 American Smooth Jazz Award for Best Keyboardist; 2005 ASYM All That Jazz Award; 2001 National Smooth Jazz Award for Best Keyboardist. “In our travels, we realized that funk music has traveled the globe as well. . Brian Culbertson was born in 1970s. He hosted the first annual Brian Culbertson Napa Valley Jazz Getaway in early June 2012 at the Napa Valley Opera House.Brian Culbertson was born in 1970s. Baby Boober is the result of the end of World War II, when birth rates across the world spiked. The song is about hanging out with the fellas and going with the flow of the night.