David Cullen is a ferocious finger-style guitarist who has been the guitar  tech and accompanist for Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman for years.  Truth be told, Cullen is a more advanced and precise musician than  Ackerman. He can play the same airy melodies, but he also has a jazz side,  and that's what shows up on In the Pocket. It's not easy to get down on a  nylon string guitar, but Cullen does it, swinging from jump jazz to jazz  funk, with stops at Brazilian samba and gospel. "Les McCann" nods to the  soul jazz keyboardist, while "Call & Answer" has an African lilt. Cullen  occupied the opening track of the first Windham Hill Guitar Sampler, but In  the Pocket is more for late-night grooves than pastoral moods.

..John Diliberto

The David Cullen

Collection

Grateful Guitar

Exploding Colors

Holiday Guitar

Equilibre:

Groovemasters 6

One Night One Guitar

Indigo Blue

Michael Mucklow:

The View From Here

Laurence Juber:

Guitarist

Eric Tingstad:

Southwest