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Son of jazz band director and trumpeter Jim Culbertson, Brian's instruments include the keyboard and trombone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeavily influenced by funk, much of Culbertson's material is funk-based instrumental, but he has begun calling upon vocalists such as Trey Lorenz, Marc Nelson, Kenny Lattimore and Avant to add to his later pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulbertson has released twelve 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 \u0026amp; 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 #1 on Billboard Magazine's contemporary-jazz charts.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian 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\u0026amp;M Records composer and producer Herb Alpert. He is married to Michelle Culbertson.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian has regularly appeared live on many radio stations including KTWV in Los Angeles and the UK's Solar radio with Michael J. Parlett.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian has also regularly been an opening act for Barry Manilow's shows outside of Las Vegas since 2007.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Brian+Culbertson","playStationPath":"/stations/113281107/play","stationId":113281107,"bioPath":"/music/Brian+Culbertson/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Mindi+Abair","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dee/dee4356a1f7f100d7bba88f658637160_md.jpg","artistName":"Mindi Abair","artistId":11384,"station_id":113780389},{"musicPath":"/music/George+Duke","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2a2/2a239be7cc0c3194a5a09a49cecd6a9c_md.jpg","artistName":"George Duke","artistId":12659,"station_id":113460582},{"musicPath":"/music/Jessy+J","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1cc/1cca1069dc55d0212438747250b77a05_md.jpg","artistName":"Jessy J","artistId":12164,"station_id":116685471},{"musicPath":"/music/Shakatak","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bbb/bbbcb76623696e68f06502432c90f98e_md.jpg","artistName":"Shakatak","artistId":12625,"station_id":113359319},{"musicPath":"/music/Jeff+Lorber+Fusion","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/170/170000df42dfca21f5f29eb50b37c177_md.jpg","artistName":"Jeff Lorber Fusion","artistId":64600,"station_id":263635557},{"musicPath":"/music/Nelson+Rangell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e0b/e0bcb5d82cbbe21ad7c60c1a0e329adf_md.jpg","artistName":"Nelson Rangell","artistId":74315,"station_id":266679098},{"musicPath":"/music/Acoustic+Alchemy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/623/62344c559640bf4d928a441f13a50c8d_md.jpg","artistName":"Acoustic Alchemy","artistId":11092,"station_id":113361307},{"musicPath":"/music/Brian+Bromberg","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ca7/ca721704e80bd427d5bc0e89588c3c6b_md.jpg","artistName":"Brian Bromberg","artistId":64565,"station_id":263734982},{"musicPath":"/music/David+Sanborn","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/89b/89bcc4346a7451e725aba3330598858e_md.jpg","artistName":"David Sanborn","artistId":12542,"station_id":113333954},{"musicPath":"/music/Hiroshima","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1b8/1b8f50a0ab1c0f6d65d9ed43c6fa5dd4_md.jpg","artistName":"Hiroshima","artistId":10920,"station_id":113352176},{"musicPath":"/music/Beegie+Adair","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/660/660572bcea38481ecc0d613dac9eac3d_md.jpg","artistName":"Beegie Adair","artistId":78669,"station_id":267164796},{"musicPath":"/music/Tom+Scott","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/11b/11b5fb4e640f283efbbc3b7ee88f91df_md.jpg","artistName":"Tom Scott","artistId":7726,"station_id":113398296},{"musicPath":"/music/Candy+Dulfer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3f3/3f3f920a61eb3f4b82f163ea74b5161d_md.jpg","artistName":"Candy Dulfer","artistId":247,"station_id":113371960},{"musicPath":"/music/Bob+James","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0fa/0fa7c0ca2f63ca4f7e77d7322ce0ea40_md.jpg","artistName":"Bob James","artistId":59286,"station_id":261392510},{"musicPath":"/music/Will+Downing","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a31/a31d4b9ab863303d99c7bacae1d09447_md.jpg","artistName":"Will Downing","artistId":8553,"station_id":113301957},{"musicPath":"/music/Till+Bronner","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/761/761ab403468029e1106cb9b39b1ce084_md.jpg","artistName":"Till Brönner","artistId":102261,"station_id":280764078},{"musicPath":"/music/Dave+Grusin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d32/d32f3f598dc42182db427bdad8207928_md.jpg","artistName":"Dave Grusin","artistId":1478,"station_id":113548184},{"musicPath":"/music/Laura+Fygi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/40c/40c29becc4f41746f2a34d86fd7e6536_md.jpg","artistName":"Laura Fygi","artistId":83697,"station_id":269167361}]}