Характерный хрипящий голос - что-то среднее между Клептоном и Би-Би-Кингом. Но самое главное - это эмоции. То, чего было сложно ожидать от непробиваемого героя боевиков - поет Стивен крайне выразительно. Интонационные пассажи - как вокальные, так и инструментальные, вкупе с задорными словами делают альбом необычайно живым и актуальным. Это не похоже на песни стареющей звезды, желающей сказать: «Смотрите, а еще я на машинке умею и крестиком могу». Это реальное творчество, которое, повторюсь, гораздо интереснее фильмов Сигала.

Contemporary jazz-R&B funkster Brian Culbertson has had love on his mind essentially since last Valentine's Day. Inspired by the occasion of his twentieth wedding anniversary last fall, the keyboardist began writing thirteen new songs about a year ago dedicated to his wife, Michelle, which make up his "Colors of Love" album that was released on Wednesday, Valentine's Day, by BCM Entertainment.

Work with other Kompoz artists to create variations, spin-offs, and re-mixes of Brian Culbertson's Beautiful Liar, track #5 on his latest studio album titled Another Long Night Out. Another Long Night Out recently spent 4 straight weeks at #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.

Many people's favorite record by Brian, Secrets was released in 1997 on Atlantic Records and was the first sonic switch that started Brian's iconic 'sound' that has continued throughout all his albums from then on. Starting to utilize top LA session musicians including Lenny Castro on percussion, Dwight Sills and Paul Jackson, Jr. on guitar in addition to top Chicago musicians including Richard Patterson on bass, Oscar Seaton, Jr. on drums plus Ricky Peterson on Hammond B3 organ, this record includes two smooth jazz hits, "So Good" and "On My Mind" that are still core songs in the format. Brian also worked with famed producer Paul Brown on two songs including a cover of David Sanborn's "Straight To The Heart." Gerald Albright and Jeff Golub are also featured.

There is a strange but beautiful irony that occurs when an artist writes a great song upon the death of a loved one. Doubtful that Brian Culbertson was aiming for one of Somethin' Bout Love's (Atlantic) most emotionally rich tunes when he wrote the powerful gospel of "I'm Gonna Miss You" for his late manager Howard Lowe II, but he and co-writer/vocalist Lori Perry achieve just that. Unlike similar tunes in American culture that come across as generic, the poignant lyrics are specific to the artist-manager relationship, adding to the tune's uniqueness.

One of smooth jazz's funkiest and most popular artists, Brian Culbertson has engaged the genre's audiences for years with a perfect mix of lively funk, jazzy piano and keyboard energy, and a softer intimate side that earned him one critic's designation as "the Barry White of smooth jazz." Faced with trying to find new ways to skin the cat of holiday songs that have been done a million times, Culby exceeds all expectations, bringing every side of his charismatic magic touch to standards you won't mind hearing just one more time.