Brian Culbertson: 2008 release



Album Notes
Personnel: Oscar Seaton Jr., Dan Fornero, Chance Howard, Zion Planet 10, The Perri Sisters, Ice Candi, DJizzle, Cora Dunham, Chris Miskel, David Pack, David T. Walker, Derek "D.O.A." Allen, Eddie Miller, Eric Marienthal, Fred Wesley, Gerald Albright, Greg Adams, Larry Dunn, Larry Graham, Ledisi, Lee Thornburg, Lenny Castro, Maceo Parker, Maurice White, Michael Bland, Morris Pleasure, Musiq Soulchild, Paul Jackson Jr., Ray Parker Jr., Rick Gardner, Ricky Peterson, Ron Jennings, Ronnie Laws, Sheldon Reynolds, Sonny Emory, Sonny Thompson, Tom Scott, Tony Maiden, Bleu, Maurice Fitzgerald, Sam Sims, Rhonda Smith , Bobby Watson , Monty Neuble, Bootsy Collins, Kush, Catfish Collins.

The music of light jazz superstar Brian Culbertson is more likely to be associated with candlelit dinners and walks on the beach than shaking one's tailfeather on the dance floor, but BRINGING BACK THE FUNK aims to change all that. With help from a veritable who's who of funk luminaries, including Maceo Parker, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley, Bernie Worrell, and Sharon Jones, among others, the trombonist/keyboardist/composer lays down some serious grooves on tracks like "Funkin' Like My Father," "Hollywood Swinging," and "You Got to Funkatize." There is enough of a smooth sheen here to satisfy Culbertson's old fans, but enough funk punch to keep things bouncing.

Damn, what did he do, recruit the Musicology tour band and a few other Prince noteables and make an album with them?

daPrettyman said:

Looks like it.