Nice & Slow

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共11首歌曲

艺人: Brian Culbertson
语种: 英语
厂牌: Atlantic
发行时间: 2001年06月05日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Jonathan Widran

The artists in smooth jazz whose success endures the longest are those who develop an identifying trademark in their style -- when you hear their song, you know it's them. A veteran of the genre at age 28, keyboardist Brian Culbertson has over the years made his particular imprint a very distinctive interaction with horns. On his latest, Nice & Slow, he's sometimes even the one playing them. On the throbbing, funky &Get It On,& his high register piano musings take verses on their own, then blend on the chorus sections with Jim Reid's tenor and a snazzy trumpet and trombone section played by Culbertson; there's also a brief section where his horns do a call and response with the keys. Reid's tenor takes on a Steve Cole like &double tone& flavor on the mid-tempo groover &Without Your Love,& which is given a bluesy effect with the Hammond B-3 of Ricky Peterson. Peterson's B-3 simmers coolly behind Culbertson's reflective melody -- which joins on the chorus with Kirk Whalum's lush tenor -- on &I Wanna Know.& Culbertson wrote the moody, retro soul-flavored &Just Another Day& with Jeff Lorber, and duets on the chorus with the unmistakable breezy tones of Herb Alpert's trumpet. The soft-spoken &I Could Get Used to This& features Dave Koz's soprano in a more quiet harmonic role. Koz co-wrote one of the most memorable tracks, the ultra-hooky &All About You,& but ironically doesn't play a note; thus we get to hear Culbertson adorned only with the balmy acoustic guitar caress of Michael Thompson. Culbertson has also become a happy member of the &soulful vocals are cool& brigade, providing the grooves behind an emotional Sheree & Trey Lorenz on the title track and the ultra-romantic &Someone,& featuring Kenny Lattimore.

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