BIOGRAPHY

Brian exclusively plays Mason & Hamlin pianos and Roland keyboards. — Brian plays Mason & Hamlin pianos and Dexibell keyboards.

AWARDS

2022 Hang Club Fan Adoration Award

2020 Artist Of The Year - Smooth Jazz Network

2012 Soul Train Award nomination for Best Jazz Artist

2012 NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Jazz Album (Dreams)

2011 Keyboardist of the Year at the American Smooth Jazz Awards

2011 Entertainer of the Year at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

2011 Keyboardist of the Year at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

2011 Male Artist of the Year at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

2011 Song of the Year "That's Life" at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

2011 Album of the Year (XII) at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

2011 Collaboration of the Year (Earl Klugh) at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

2010 International Artist of the Year at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards

2004 All That Jazz Award at the ASYM Awards

2001 Keyboardist of the Year at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards

Over the course of crafting a 27-album catalog and architecting 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, Brian Culbertson has charted his own unique course in music. Label him jazz and he makes a funk record. Call him an R&B artist and he drops an acoustic jazz trio collection. Brand him pop and he creates a 32-minute New Age opus. And you'd be hard pressed to name another instrumentalist of his ilk who can mount an elaborately designed concert production that will keep him on the road for months at a time.

Culbertson burst onto the scene in 1994 with a chart-topping album that he recorded in his college apartment featuring keyboard-led contemporary jazz tracks. "Long Night Out" landed him a lengthy record deal and signaled that a star was born.

Flash forward to 2022, Culbertson composed thirty songs that populate the three albums in "The Trilogy" that describes the three-part arc of a long-term relationship: the hot and steamy "falling in love" phase, the rocky middle when perhaps they even break up for a bit, and the couple reunites to live "happily ever after" phase.

"Hearing the three albums in a row provides the context. All the songs on 'Red' (October 2021) were clearly about passion and love. 'Blue' (January 2022) is melancholy and sad songs, breakup songs and 'losing people' songs. Once you get to part three, 'White' (May 2022) is all about songs that have an uplifting feel to them. Emotionally, they all feel similar even though they are stylistically broad" said Culbertson.

Possessing style, panache and a savvy business mind capable of moving the needle in music and beyond, Culbertson co-founded with his wife Michelle the annual Napa Valley, Chicago, and New Orleans Jazz Getaways, which have attracted guests from all over the globe to experience these premier events.

Whether you're listening to music from "The Trilogy" on record or live in concert on THE TRILOGY TOUR, you're hearing an eclectic, entertaining and engaging set from an artist at the peak of his power.

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Performed and recorded with...

Stevie Wonder, Maurice White (EWF), Bootsy Collins, Prince, David Sanborn, Larry Graham, Michael McDonald, Chuck Brown, Natalie Cole, Buddy Guy, Musiq Soulchild, George Benson, Ledisi, Fourplay, Boney James, Avant, Marcus Miller, Tower of Power, Faith Evans, The Whispers, Earl Klugh, Chris Botti, James Ingram, Vivian Green, Al Jarreau, Stokley Williams, Bobby Caldwell, Will Downing, Eric Darius, Maysa, Steve Cole, Eric Benét, Take 6, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Paul Jackson Jr., Patti Austin, Ray Parker Jr., Wayman Tisdale, Candy Dulfer, The Ohio Players, Peter White, Larry Carlton, Rick Braun, Clark Terry, Mindi Abair, David Benoit, Barry Manilow, Kirk Whalum, Sheldon Reynolds, Noel Gourdin, Norman Brown, Average White Band, Mike Phillips, Gerald Albright, Lalah Hathaway, Mr. Talkbox, Randy Crawford, Michael Lington, Everette Harp, Keiko Matsui, Larry Dunn, The Perri Sisters, Brian McKnight, Herb Alpert, Jeff Lorber, Richard Elliot, Isaiah Sharkey, Warren Hill, Brian Bromberg, Chuck Loeb, Oleta Adams, DW3, Bob James, Donny Osmond, Lee Ritenour, Jonathan Butler, Marcus Anderson, Lindsey Webster, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Damien Escobar, Rahsaan Patterson, Kenny Lattimore, Natalie "The Floacist" Stewart, Sheila E., Jeff Golub, Howard Hewett, Marc Antoine, Patches Stewart, Nathan East, Sinbad and more.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

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ARTIST:

Bob James

Richard Elliot

Steve Cole

Peter White

Rick Braun

Wayman Tisdale

Dave Koz

Steve Reid

Bob James

Norman Brown

Jeff Jarvis

Steve Cole

Michael Manson

Dave Koz & Friends

Michael Lington

Paul Jackson, Jr.

Richard Smith

Dave Koz

David Benoit

Steve Cole

Donny Osmond

Norman Brown

Michael Lington

Hubert Laws

LaShell Griffin

Luther Vandross Tribute

Peter White

Brian Bromberg

Jeff Golub

Warren Hill

Holly Robinson Peete

Richard Elliot

Rick Braun

Eric Darius

Michael Manson

Doc Powell

Dave Koz

Eric Marienthal

Dave Koz

Michael Lington

Dave Koz

Andrew Neu

Chuck Loeb

Avant

Dave Koz

Faith Evans

Dave Koz

Vivian Green

Michael Lington

Eric Marienthal

Dave Koz & Friends

Selina Albright

Marqueal Jordan

Rick Braun

DW3

Dave Koz

Cecil Ramirez

Adam Hawley

Michael Lington

Paul Jackson, Jr.

Chuck Loeb

Marcus Anderson

Eric Darius

KEM

Darren Rahn

Marqueal Jordan

Lindsey Webster

ALBUM:

Playin' Hooky

Jumpin' Off

Stay Awhile

Perfect Moment

Full Stride

Decisions

The Dance

Passion In Paradise

Joy Ride

Celebration

Morning Drive

Between Us

The Bottom Line

Golden Slumbers

Everything Must Change

Still Small Voice

Soulidified

Saxophonic

Right Here, Right Now

NY LA

What I Meant To Say

West Coast Coolin'

Stay With Me

Moondance

Free

Forever, For Always For...

Confidential

Choices

Temptation

PopJazz

Waiting For You All My...

Metro Blue

Sessions, Vol. 1

Just Getting Started

Just Feelin' It

Doc Powell

Memories of A Winter's...

Just Around The Corner

At The Movies

Heat

Greatest Hits

Try Something Neu

Between 2 Worlds

The Letter

Hello Tomorrow

Something About Faith

Ultimate Christmas

The Green Room

Pure

It's Love

Summer Horns

Brighter

Catalyst

Can You Feel It

Vintage Truth

Collaborations: 25th

Party In The Back

Just The Beginning

Second Nature

Stoppin' Willie

Unspoken

Limited Edition

Breakin’ Thru

Love Always Wins

Rock The World

All We Have Are Moments

I Didn’t Mean It (single)

ROLE:

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Keyboards

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Piano

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Trombone

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Composer, Performer

Producer, Performer

Keyboards

Producer, Performer

Guest Artist, Producer

Producer, Performer

Piano

Producer, Performer

Keyboards, B3 Organ

Piano, Producer

Composer, Performer

Composer, Trombone

Producer, Performer

Piano

Producer, Performer

Performer

Producer, Performer

Trombone

Trombone Solo

Producer, Performer

Keyboards

Producer, Performer

Trombone Solo, Composer

Piano

Producer, Composer, Pno

Synth Solo

Piano

Trombone Solo

Composer

Piano

Piano, Clav, Rhodes

Piano

Piano, Production

Piano, Tbn, Production

Trombone, Trumpet, Arr.

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