Michael Culver is a classically trained musician with a keen sense of rhythm and tone whose versatility and joy of playing comes through with every note.
Culver played with the Toledo Symphony in the 1970s. An award from the National Endowment for the Arts brought him to Los Angeles to study and perform Jazz. During the Monterey Jazz Festival, Michael studied under the renowned Cal Tjader. He has also perform in Vienna and at the prestigious Mozart Festival in Salzburg.
An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, (harp, vibes, percussion, piano) Michael is currently focusing on piano. Mike’s lively, upbeat, sophisticated blend of solid, straight ahead Jazz standards and light pop favorites includes standards from the Broadway stage (Rogers & Hart, Cole Porter, George Gershwin) and songs by the great Jazz artists (Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Johnny Mercer).
MUSIC SAMPLES
Our Love is Here to Stay
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
April in Paris
Granada
What Does it Take (To Win Your Love for Me)
Look to the Sky