Brian Culbertson -|- XII [Coming July 20th, 2010]

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Brian Culbertson, Keyboards, Trombone

PERENNIAL CHART-TOPPING KEYBOARD KING UNITES STYLISTICALLY VARIED ALL-STAR CAST FOR HIS LATEST MULTI-FORMAT MASTERPIECE

Brian Culbertson - XII

Brian Culbertson -|- XII – [GRP Records, 2010]

LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ — On July 20, 2010, chart-topping musician Brian Culbertson will release the twelfth album of his multi-faceted career, simply titled XII, on GRP Records.

Culbertson commemorates his twelfth release with 12 new songs that continue to reflect his broad-ranging musicality and mastery of intimate moods. The titles swing from the rapturous metaphorically rich love ballad “Skies Wide Open” (featuring R&B singing star Avant), the sexy bedroom baby-maker “I Wanna Love You” (featuring singer/guitarist Ray Parker Jr.), the strings-kissed dance jam “Another Love” (featuring 21st century soul man Kenny Lattimore) and the cool club persuader “Out On the Floor” (featuring balladeer supreme Brian McKnight) to the slammin’ attitude jam “Don’t U Know Me By Now” (featuring powerhouse Faith Evans), a journey through the many moods of being entitled “That’s Life” (featuring Earl Klugh who co-penned it along with fellow Detroit native Parker and Culbertson), a think piece on the meaning of it all titled “I Don’t Know” (featuring spoken word enchantress Natalie Stewart of Floetry), and an all-out Go-Go party jam titled “Feelin’ It” (featuring the man who put Washington, D.C. Go-Go Music on the map, Chuck Brown in addition to a comedic appearance by Sinbad). Four more instrumentals round out the album, including the lovely dreamscape “Waiting for You” and the incredibly funky “Stay Wit It” on which he takes a rippin’ Moog solo.

31st Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Announces an Eclectic Mix of High Profile Artistry to the Existing 2010 Lineup

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Detroit International Jazz Festival

Detriot International Jazz Festival

Tower of Power to Headline Opening Night

Today, festival organizers announce artist additions to the 2010 lineup for the 31st Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF), Friday, September 3 through Monday, September 6, in downtown Detroit. The newly added artists further underscore an already existing diversity of musical genres, including funk, gospel and R&B.

Yellowjackets, Salim Washington & the Harlem Arts Ensemble, Jason D. Williams, and gospel sensation James Fortune & FIYA will join the previously announced roster featuring Mulgrew Miller, Take 6, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Manhattan Transfer, Roy Haynes and Allen Toussaint.

Nicola Sergio Trio -|- Symbols

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European Jazz, Jazz, Nicola Sergio, Piano, Progressive Classical

Nicola Sergio Trio - Symbols

Nicola Sergio Trio -|- Symbols – [Challenge Records, 2010]

Pianist/composer/arranger Nicola Sergio is a laureate of Economics, and possesses a diploma in Classical Piano, Jazz Piano and Pedagogy from the Conservatory of Perugia (Italy). He also completed the “Prix Jazz” at the CNR in Paris, the city in which he has resided since 2008. From an early age, the italian musician’s talents were evident, helping him to earn various mentions of honor at numerous competitions and classical music festivals for young performers.

Between 2004 and 2007 he played in a variety of groups on the jazz scene – from the trio, progressing from standards towards an ever greater interest in composition which culminated in the realization of a repertory comprised completely of original compositions – to quartet, quintet, sextet, cuban music ensembles – groups with which he performed on numerous festivals in Italy, France and Sweden. As well as his activities on the jazz circuit, he became involved in projects of related genres, such as chamber music, film and theatre scores and big band directing.

VII ENCOUNTER OF COLOMBIAN MUSICIANS IN NEW YORK

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Latin Music, VII ENCOUNTER OF COLOMBIAN MUSICIANS

Seventh Annual Festival Announces Performance Schedule

VII ENCOUNTER OF COLOMBIAN MUSICIANS

Special Guests of Honor To Include Vocalist Totó la Momposina and her son, Artistic Director Marco Vinicio Oyaga

Festival organizers announce the performance schedule for the seventh annual Encounter of Colombian Musicians in New York, Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, June 19. This year’s festival includes special guests of honor, legendary Colombian vocalist Totó la Momposina with her Artistic Director and son, Marco Vinicio Oyaga.

Set to feature nearly 20 of New York’s renowned Colombian musical ensembles, Encuentro will convene upon one of NYC’s prestigous cultural institutions this year, turning Harlem’s El Museo del Barrio into a two-day center for Colombian music and culture on Manhattan’s upper east-side. This celebrated event will highlight Colombia’s musical treasures, its rhythms like cumbia, currulao, vallenato, and bambuco, among countless others, on the eve of the Bicentennial year of Colombian independence.