Brian Culbertson - It's on Tonight
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Artist: Brian CulbertsonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2005-07-26
Music Label: Grp Records
Soundtracks:
- Let's Get Started
- Hookin' Up
- It's On Tonight
- Sensuality
- The Way You Feel
- Forbidden Love
- Dreaming Of You
- Wear It Out
- Secret Affair
- Touch Me
- Love Will Never Let You Down
- Reflections
Music reviews of It's on Tonight
Music Review: A Must Have in Your Smooth Jazz Collection
Rating: 5 Stars
I read the review on the All Music Guide lambasting the new Brian Culbertson CD, It's On Tonight before its release so I was a little hesitant but then I said what do the so-called experts know. These are the same folks that said Norman Brown's Just Chillin' was a piece of garbage at 1.5 stars and it won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental the year it was released. With that said, I went to purchase the CD and have no regrets. What the so-called experts have a problem with is the smooth jazz format which is a blend of jazz, pop, and R&B. If you have seen Culbertson in concert, you would know that R&B had a major influence on his life, especially The Elements - Earth Wind and Fire. Now on to the CD....
Smooth jazz fans who have liked his sound since the beginning will love this CD. I have been playing it since I first got it and not tired of it yet and it has been over a week. The stand out songs for me are the ones with guest artists including Boney James, Chris Botti, Kirk Whalum/Patti Austin, and Will Downing but again, these are MY preferences. The CD as a whole is something to sit back and chill to which is what smooth jazz is all about in the first place. All of the pompous jazz purists need to sit back and take a chill pill.
Nothing against the current mainstream jazz artists like Joshua Redman, Terrence Blanchard, and Nicholas Payton and these are fine musicians indeed but I like the smooth jazz format. The smooth jazz format gets the artists paid when you couple them for concerts or the jazz cruises sponsored by various artists like Dave Koz (saw his concert in Saint Louis and it was superb) and Rick Braun. I am just sick and tired of hearing how the smooth jazz format is watered down, lacking soul and heart. The artists love music but ultimately they want to get paid and that is what smooth jazz does.
Description of It's on Tonight
There is a well-known and anticipated moment during every Brian Culbertson concert when the keyboardist discreetly asks the members of his band to turn their backs to the crowd. The leader then bows his head at the electric piano and plays a seductive theme. He offers the audience this intimate moment to kindle romance, hoping to send them home in a state of blissful anticipation with the thought, "Baby, it's on tonight."Culbertson has turned that fleeting concert highlight into a 12-song seduction suite that marks his eighth album and GRP Records debut, It's On Tonight. Dripping in sensuality, the album consists of all-original material, including three vocal pieces: the flirtatious title track (f/ Will Downing), the spirited "Love Will Never Let You Down" (f/ Patti Austin) and the bold "Wear it Out" (f/ Marc Nelson, lyricist of three numbers on the CD and a member of Babyface's protigi vocal group, Az Yet). Culbertson also hand-picked three of smooth jazz's most sensitive horn players to lend their singular auras to the vibe at hand: saxophonists Boney James and Kirk Whalum, and trumpeter Chris Botti. As always, Culbertson produced the album, collaborating on seven of the songs with his frequent creative partner Stephen Lu.
The phrase "It?s On Tonight," is a catch-word leading to nocturnal negotiations. On this, his seventh CD as a leader, the Illinois-born keyboardist Brian Culberston composed a 12-song "seduction suite," designed to inspire moonlight maneuvers--legal or illicit. His cohorts in carnal knowledge and crime include several vocalists: Will Downing's impassioned baritone imbues the zesty title track. The always awesome Patti Austin graces "Love Will Never Let You Down," and Marc Nelson lends his poetic pipes to the straightforward "Wear it Out." Saxophonists Boney James and Kirk Whalum lend their silken improvisations to the mix, along with the Milesian musings of trumpeter Chris Botti. Culbertson?s musicality obviously speaks the language of the radio-friendly smooth jazz variety, albeit laced with the influences of Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Tower of Power. In this idiom, the groove rules, and Culbertson and company ride them like pros. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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