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| Artist: Brian Culbertson
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.98
New (36) Used (19) from $4.54
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 87222
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 48300
UPC: 093624830023
EAN: 0093624830023
ASIN: B00009K45R
Release Date: June 24, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | Say What? | | • | Midnight | | • | Playin' | | • | Days Gone By | | • | What Up B? | | • | Serpentine Fire | | • | Fly High | | • | Last Night | | • | Come On Up | | • | Our Love | | • | Funky B |
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Album Description
For people on the move & in the mood, smooth jazz superstar Brian Culbertson gets the party started with 'Come On Up', featuring jazz stalwarts Norman Brown, Rick Braun, & Steve Cole. Warner Brothers. 2003.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 You Want To Read 1 More Review??????? October 12, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I briefly looked at several of the Amazon reviews. The most accurate description is that this CD is upbeat, funky and shows total deference to the grooves of Earth Wind & Fire. One track is a remake of Serpentine Fire. Other tracks feature Marcus Miller, Ricky Peterson and other notable musicians. The entire CD demonstrates Brian's current direction both as a producer and concert performer. Enjoy!!!!
Welcome back Brian! August 29, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wrote a review that was rather unfavorable on this album but now I have to say that I've changed my mind on this album. This is a darn good album and Brian hits another home run with his latest outing "Come On Up" and while it's not his best by any means, this CD continues the streak of really enjoyable albums that he has put out over the last decade since his amazing debut album "Light Night Out". This CD is a lot more upbeat and is destined to be more for the partygoers and a lot of the atmospherics that dominated a lot of his earlier albums have taken a back seat on here. Those who are looking for something like "Come To Me" or "Alone With You" might as well wait for a while but for veteran fans like me, this is a really great album. For those turned off by my negative review that I wrote a while back, I apologize.
Blown Away in Dallas June 27, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I went to see Chris Botti in concert in Dallas in 2003 and I didn't know anything about the opening act, Brian Culbertson. I was so blown away when he opened with Say What. I was on the second row in the middle and I felt like my hair was going to fly off my head with the multiple sound sensations blasting me in the face and ears!! It was so awesome!! The rest of the concert was incredible, especially Michael Lington. I ended up buying his CD too and they are both definite 5+ CDs. I highly recommend buying both of these CDs and seeing them in concert if you get the opportunity. BTW, Chris Botti was great as always. I had seen him before in Houston on his 40th birthday in a very small (100 person) venue on the 1ST ROW!!!!! He played back to back sets and the concert was over 3 hours long, so how could that compare to a measly 45 minute show? Anyway, I got to talk to him again and get a pic so over all the evening was great plus I got to meet Brian and Michael and Michael signed his CD for me with "Lee You Rock!!!".
Great contemporary jazz June 25, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found this CD a fantastic selection of music. I haven't found a more enjoyable CD in recent memory. I highly recommend this CD for a nice funky spin.
 Ordinary... June 8, 2004
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
The recording is not special to the ear. Tracks sound a bit repetitive. You may tip-top along the disc playing, but you would hardly refresh any of the tunes after it (the disc) stops. The strongest track on the disc is Playin'. Say What and Playin' are probably the most groovy tracks of the recording and that would be great if Brian would have used this his technique more often. Brian also steps in to jazz area on Our Love and demonstrates he is comfortable playing it, so one day he may decide to make a recording of jazz standards in trio format.
A weak point of the recording is that the programmed drums are over-emphasized. Brian used real brass on the recording. Why didn't he use the real drums? I believe this is a problem of most of the smooth jazz recordings nowadays. Why don't they use real drums? Real drums do create intimate and natural atmosphere of living being and brings much more warmth in to the music.
The recording did not get 2-star review because the use of the instruments is quit well-balanced on all tracks. You can not tell whether this recording is from a piano-, or guitar-, or saxophone-boy. However, anyway, the record has not competitive advantage that is needed to break through in the high clustered market.
A good thing about the recording is that it is HDCD.
(I got rid of my copy of this CD).
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