Terrific new release from the great Brian Culbertson. “XII” is the cd and on this one Brian teams up with Earl Klugh for a tune called ‘That’s Life”. Brian Culbertson (born January 12, 1973) is a smooth jazz musician and instrumentalist from Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of jazz band director and trumpeter Jim Culbertson, Brian’s instruments include the keyboard and trombone. Heavily influenced by funk, much of Culbertson’s material is funk-based instrumental, but he has begun calling upon vocalists such as Trey Lorenz, Marc Nelson and Kenny Lattimore to add to his later pieces. Culbertson has released eleven albums so far. The first three were on the Blue Moon label: “Long Night Out” 1994, “Modern Life” 1995, and “After Hours” 1996. After moving to the Atlantic Records, three more albums followed: “Secrets” 1997, “Somethin’ Bout Love” 1999, and the critically acclaimed “Nice & Slow” 2001. “Come on Up” 2003 was released on Warner Jazz, and Culbertson then moved to GRP Records for his project, “It’s On Tonight” 2005 which debuted at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s contemporary-jazz charts, just to name a few. His twelfth album titled XII, is set to be released on July 20,2010.