Inspired in part by his father, who was director of his school band, Brian Culbertson learned to play bass, drums, piano, and trombone by age 12.
∙ Culbertson’s acclaimed 1994 debut, Long Night Out, includes songs he wrote in middle school and was recorded on a shoestring budget in his college apartment.
∙ Following Long Night Out’s success, one of Culbertson’s former music instructors hired him to compose songs for commercial advertising.
∙ The idea for 2008’s Bringing Back the Funk came to Culbertson after he had an impromptu jam session with Prince at a Las Vegas club.
∙ Nearly half of his 20 solo LPs have topped Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
∙ He’s earned multiple honors from the American Society of Young Musicians, Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, and Oasis Contemporary Jazz Awards.
∙ Inspired to create “a jazz cruise but on land,” he launched the annual Napa Valley Jazz Getaway in 2012, featuring such performers as Al Jarreau and Boney James.
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