With the holiday season on his mind,
contemporary jazz-R&B star Brian Culbertson recently took a break from
recording his forthcoming “Another Long Night Out” album, sat down at the Mason
& Hamlin grand piano in his studio and played a stark, emotionally stirring
rendition of “The Christmas Song.” Enjoying his newfound freedoms as an
independent recording artist, Culbertson recorded the seasonal classic and put
it on iTunes (http://bit.ly/BCChristmasSong), Amazon (http://bit.ly/bcChristmasSong)
and other major digital outlets..
“It is a
solo piano piece of an arrangement I did many years ago. I have performed it on
my Christmas tours, but had never recorded it until recently,” said Culbertson
of the heartfelt, contemplative beauty. “Being able to spontaneously record and
then swiftly release something new for fans is one of the energizing perks of
the new music industry.”
Culbertson’s
first full-length indie release and 14th album overall, “Another Long Night Out”
is slated for release in late February. The project is a reimaging of his debut
album, “Long Night Out,” which will mark its 20th anniversary in February.
Culbertson, a multi-instrumentalist who wrote the eleven songs and played most
of the instruments on the original album that he recorded in his crowded
Chicago apartment while he was a 20-year-old student at DePaul University, is
producing the set featuring performances by Lee Ritenour, Russ Freeman,
Jonathan Butler, Rick Braun, Candy Dulfer, Eric Marienthal, Chuck Loeb, Steve
Lukather and Paul Jackson Jr. along with a stellar collective of contemporary
jazz musicians and a 33-piece orchestra playing arrangements by David
Benoit.
Additional
information about Culbertson, who will bring in the New Year on stage with his
band at a New Year’s Eve Gala at the Hyatt Regency in Huntingdon Beach, Calif.,
is available at www.BrianCulbertson.me.
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