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And five albums later(including a live album), Brian came out with his current 2016 album, simply named "Funk."
Also, I'll admit that some of the songs on this album weren't really my cup of tea because I thought that they were a bit too 'street' and a bit too 'ghetto' sounding to me. However, as usual, I did like the slow songs on the album and there were a nice amount of uptempo gems on this album.
This next young artist, Nicholas Cole(who I think is now 24), has mentioned that he was influenced by Brian Culbertson(among other artists)...
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Like so many others I started playing music in church and I still do to this day. However, I have never been limited to listening to just gospel music but rather a mixture of different types of music. Obviously my greatest inspiration has come from gospel and jazz but my mom and dad always taught me that the development of musical expression is enhanced by the exposure to a wide range of music. I'm still developing and I'm still influenced by so many artist like Richard Smallwood, Rascal Flatts, Brian Culbertson, Earth Wind and Fire, Kim Burrell and Kevin Bond. I hope you'll like what you hear and will want to hear more.
Love,
Nick
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and if you're familiar with Brian Culbertson's slow songs, then you'll be able to hear this from the samples of Nicholas' debut album, "A Journey of One"...
Two years later, Nicholas came out on a new label with his much improved "Endless Possibilities" album which still had a lot of slow-tempo and mid-tempo songs, but with more beautiful melodies and satisfying rhythms. Also, going by amazon.com reviews, a lot of the fans were very pleased with this album.
And in 2015, he came out with his next album, "Nigth Sessions," which had a much 'busier' and uptempo and energetic sound to it. But according to amazon.com reviews, a lot of the fans didn't quite know what to make of this album, plus it got about half of the number of reviews that "Endless Possibilities" got. Also, it took me a moment to get used to this album since I liked "Endless Possibilities" so much.
But here are the uptempo songs from that album. Also, you'll be able to hear the talent and sophistication of this young artist.
And five albums later(including a live album), Brian came out with his current 2016 album, simply named "Funk."
Also, I'll admit that some of the songs on this album weren't really my cup of tea because I thought that they were a bit too 'street' and a bit too 'ghetto' sounding to me. However, as usual, I did like the slow songs on the album and there were a nice amount of uptempo gems on this album.
Also, I seemed to have forgotten this hot little interlude. (Plus, just to let you know... no foot tapping. )
Also, this album is growing on me and I noticed that between the two threads, I posted 8 tracks out of the 14 tracks on the album. And that's not even including the two slow songs that I like.
Also, in 2013, the late Jeff Golub did a collaboration album with English Jazz and Rock keyboardist, Brian Auger called "Train Keeps a Rolling"(and sigh!... there's a whole story behind that title ). And here's a hot number from that album.
And on his second album, he still had brown hair, but this video, which is showing the blonde Chris, actually sounded better than the video showing him with brown hair... (Huh? )
Now did I run out of artists? Well, no. I still have plenty of artists that I haven't posted songs for yet... However, I wanted to post some more songs by artists that I have mentioned already. Plus, if I waited until after I posted all the other artists, it would be a long time until I got to these songs.
And five albums later(including a live album), Brian came out with his current 2016 album, simply named "Funk."
Also, I'll admit that some of the songs on this album weren't really my cup of tea because I thought that they were a bit too 'street' and a bit too 'ghetto' sounding to me.
Before, I continue with my next post, I have to say that I take back what I said above because after making that post, the more that I listened to "Funk," the more that I liked it... and find it to be a very fun album to listen to.
I enjoy featuring artists such as Brian Culbertson and Candy Dulfer in this thread because most people think that the music that they themselves listen to is better than other music that other people listen to(including myself...hee-hee-hee ), however, these two artists show that culture and background and what you listen to when you're growing up are actually the determining factors for the kind of music that a person likes.
But without further ado, I now present to you... Miss Candy Dulfer. But I will start off my presentation of Candy Dulfer with an excerpt of an interview of her by Nigel McGill of www.mcgillmusic.com:
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NM: It must have been wonderful growing up with your Dad being such a good musician. Did your first musical influences come from the music he was into?
CD: Yeah I think so. The musician that I am really comes from the way we were at home. In our house no music was forbidden. My father loved jazz but he also loved soul and metal, rock, pop. My Mom also had her favourites – Bread, Jimi Hendrix and stuff like that. Anything that had some soul or something special about it was played at our house and nothing was considered “bad or good music”. I’m blessed with a very broad upbringing in that sense.
My music is a mix of everything I like and I try to share those influences with others. My “secret pleasure” is to bring music to people that they would not normally listen to. When I play for young kids I sometimes put in Charlie Parker licks – they would never notice them but it opens their ears.
I feel my greatest achievement is when I meet people and they say, “I only knew about you from “Lily was here” but then I found Maceo Parker, and David Sanborn and Charlie Parker…”. I like to be really accessible with my music but then hopefully turn people on to some deeper music.
NM: I think that’s brilliant. I can really hear all those different influences in your playing – it’s one of the things I really like about your albums. It’s interesting to me that you often get bundled into the “smooth jazz” genre but you are a very different player.
CD: I think I’ve been really lucky that the smooth jazz people have picked up on my music. I guess it was mainly because of “Lily” and some stuff I did later. My music is so high energy and I’ve always felt a bit of a fraud when they put me in the smooth jazz charts in the USA! I’m always afraid when I get a smooth jazz audience at my shows that they will run away! Luckily nobody ever does.
I think people just like good music, particularly in the States. It does make me nervous though. My last album “Crazy” which I made with Printz Board from the Black Eyed Peas has all sorts of heavy stuff in it like Dub Step etc, but in the end nobody is ever bothered. The audiences are open to anything.
My “secret pleasure” is to bring music to people that they would not normally listen to.
That kind of reminded me of myself.
But in my next post, I will begin to post songs by Candy starting with her first album and continuing with the rest of her albums that I have and that I am familiar with(because there are around two of her albums that I don't have) to show her growth and evolution as an artist.
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