Come On Up

Come On Up
Studio album by Brian Culbertson
Released	June 24, 2003 (2003-06-24)
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:48
Label	Warner
Brian Culbertson chronology
Nice & Slow (2001) Come On Up (2003) It's On Tonight (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Jazz Times	(favourable) [2]

Come On Up is a studio album by American jazz musician Brian Culbertson. It was released by June 24, 2003 on Warner Records. Artists such as Rick Braun, Rashaan Patterson, Marcus Miller and Norman Brown appeared on the album. Come On Up reached number three on both the US Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		0:47
2.	"Say What"	Brian Culbertson Steve Cole	4:55
3.	"Midnight" (featuring Marcus Miller and Steve Cole)	B. Culbertson Miller	4:16
4.	"Playin'"	B. Culbertson Dave Koz Stephen Lu	3:48
5.	"Days Gone By"	B. Culbertson Glenn McKinney Lu	5:26
6.	"What Up B?"	B. Culbertson	1:50
7.	"Serpentine Fire"	Maurice White Reginald Burke Verdine White	4:11
8.	"Fly High" (featuring Rashaan Patterson)	B. Culbertson McKinney Rahsaan Patterson Lu	4:01
9.	"Last Night" (featuring Rick Braun)	B. Culbertson Michelle Culbertson	5:20
10.	"Come On Up" (featuring Norman Brown)	B. Culbertson	4:07
11.	"Our Love"	B. Culbertson	4:49
12.	"Funky B"	B. Culbertson	1:46

Musicians

• Brian Culbertson – piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes; drum programming (2–10, 12); shaker, trombone, baritone saxophone (2); synth bass (3, 5, 6, 9, 12); pianotrombone (4); string arrangement (5); wah trombone (6); trombone (7, 9, 12); wah clavinet (7); trumpet (9, 12)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (2, 9); rhythm, pad, FX guitars (4); acoustic guitar (5)
• Gerey Johnson – guitar (3)
• Glenn McKinney – add. guitar (2); guitar (8)
• Tony Maiden – add. guitar (3); wah guitar (4, 10, 12)
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar, E-bow guitar (5)
• Jorge Evans – guitar (6, 7)
• Norman Brown – solo guitar, vocals (10)
• Alex Al – bass (2, 8)
• Marcus Miller – bass (3, 7)
• Richard Patterson – bass (4, 10)
• Steve Rodby – acoustic bass (11)
• Ricky Peterson – vocals, Wurlitzer (2); Hammond B3 organ (2, 3, 5–9, 11, 12)
• Kenneth Crouch – Fender Rhodes, wah clavinet (3)
• Monty Neuble – talk box (7, 8); wah synth (8)
• Dave Hutten – add. keyboards (10)
• Stephen Lu – drum programming (3); add. keyboards (4, 5, 8); drum programming (4); Victrolla operator, string arrangement (5)
• Todd Sucherman – hi-hat (2, 4, 7); cymbals (2, 7)
• Oscar Seaton, Jr. – hi-hat, cymbals (3)
• Lenny Castro – timbales, congas (2); shaker (5); percussion (6, 7, 9, 12); clay hand drums, shaker (10)
• Bill Reichenbach – tenor & bass trombones (2, 7)
• Brian Ripp – baritone saxophone (2, 7)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (2, 7)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (2, 7)
• Rick Braun – muted trumpet (9)
• Steve Cole – tenor saxophone (2, 3, 4); soprano saxophone (3); alto saxophone (4); flute (10)
• Peter LaBella – concertmaster (3, 10, 11); violin (5)
• Teresa Fream – violin (5)
• Terri Van Valkinburgh – viola (5)
• Stephen Balderston – cello (5)
• Stephen Lu – ‘The Wah Flavor’ (7)
• Carly Bauer – flute (10)
• Cliff Colnot – string arrangement (3, 5, 10, 11); orchestration (3, 10, 11)
• Justin Hori – scratches, beat box (10)
• Rahsaan Patterson – vocals (8)

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	197
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [4]	3
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [5]	3

References

1. L. Doerschuk, Robert. "Brian Culbertson: Come On Up". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
2. Tauss, Lucy (September 1, 2003). "Brian Culbertson: Come On Up". jazztimes.com. Jazz Times.
3. "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
4. "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
5. "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 19, 2021.