Christian McBride

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Christian McBride
McBride at the 2009 Detroit Jazz Festival
Background information
Born	(1972-05-31) May 31, 1972 (age 46) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion, big band
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Double bass, bass guitar
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Verve, Warner Bros., Ropeadope, Mack Avenue
Website	www.christianmcbride.com

Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is a six-time Grammy Award winner.

McBride has performed and recorded with a number of jazz musicians and ensembles, including Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Joe Henderson, Diana Krall, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri, Joshua Redman, and Ray Brown's "SuperBass" with John Clayton, as well as with pop, hip-hop, soul and classical musicians like Sting, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Isaac Hayes, The Roots,^[1]Queen Latifah, Kathleen Battle, Renee Fleming, Carly Simon, Bruce Hornsby, and James Brown.

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Later life and career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Discography
  
  
  
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    4.1 As leader
    
  
  
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    4.2 Compilations
    
  
  
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    4.3 As sideman
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early life

McBride was born in Philadelphia on May 31, 1972.^[2] After starting on bass guitar, McBride switched to double bass and studied at the Juilliard School.^[3]

Later life and career

McBride, left with Jimmy Heath

McBride joined saxophonist Bobby Watson's group at the age of 17. From age 17 to 22, McBride played in the bands of older musicians such as Watson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson, George Duke,
Milt Jackson, J. J. Johnson and Hank Jones, as well as his peers such as Roy Hargrove, Benny Green, and Joshua Redman. In 1996, jazz bassist Ray Brown formed a group called SuperBass with McBride and fellow Brown protégé John Clayton. The group released two albums: SuperBass: Live at Scullers (1997) and SuperBass 2: Live at the Blue Note (2001).

McBride was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Quartet in the early 1990s with pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Brian Blade. McBride began leading his own groups in 1995 after the release of his debut album Gettin' to It (Verve). Saxophonist Tim Warfield, pianists Charles Craig and Joey Calderazzo, and drummers Carl Allen and Greg Hutchinson are among the musicians who played in McBride's early groups. From 2000 to 2008, McBride led his own ensemble, the Christian McBride Band, with saxophonist Ron Blake, pianist/keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer, and drummer Terreon Gully. The band released two albums: Vertical Vision (Warner Bros., 2003) and Live at Tonic (Ropeadope, 2006).

In 1996, McBride contributed to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization.

McBride primarily plays double bass, but he is equally adept on bass guitar. He played both on the album The Philadelphia Experiment, which included keyboardist Uri Caine and hip-hop drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.^[4] Other projects have included tours and recordings with the Pat Metheny Trio, the Bruce Hornsby Trio, and Queen Latifah. Like Paul Chambers, McBride can solo by playing his bass arco style.

In 2006, McBride was named to the position of Creative Chair for Jazz with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, taking over from Dianne Reeves. He was signed to a two-year contract that was renewed for an additional two years. He was succeeded by Herbie Hancock in 2010.^[5]

McBride performed with Sonny Rollins and Roy Haynes at Carnegie Hall on September 18, 2007, in commemoration of Rollins' 50th anniversary of his first performance there.^[6] McBride was also tapped by CBS to be a producer for the tribute to Rollins on the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors broadcast.

In 2008, McBride joined John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett and Vinnie Colaiuta in a jazz fusion supergroup called the Five Peace Band. They released an album in February 2009 and completed their world tour in May of that year, as Brian Blade took over for Vinnie Colaiuta as drummer in Asia and some US concerts. The album Five Peace Band Live won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

In 2011 McBride released his first big band album, The Good Feeling, for which he won the Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.

McBride leads five groups: Inside Straight, featuring alto/soprano saxophonist Steve Wilson, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Peter Martin and drummer Carl Allen; a trio featuring pianist Christian Sands and drummer Jerome Jennings; his 18-piece big band; an experimental group called A Christian McBride Situation with pianist/keyboardist Patrice Rushen, turntablists DJ Logic and Jahi Sundance, saxophonist Ron Blake and vocalist Alyson Williams; and the New Jawn, featuring trumpeter Josh Evans, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and drummer Nasheet Waits.

In March 2016, McBride was named artistic director of the Newport Jazz Festival, succeeding the festival's founder and artistic director, George Wein.

Personal life

Christian is married to jazz singer and educator Melissa Walker. Walker, with contributions by McBride, leads the Jazz House Kids, a jazz school in their home town of Montclair, New Jersey. Each summer, they both appear at the Montclair Jazz Festival, along with student ensembles led by the instructors, professional ensembles composed of instructors, and guest acts.

McBride shared the story of his first encounters with Freddie Hubbard in "The Gig" and his relationship with James Brown in "Mr. Soul On Top" on The Moth Radio Hour, a radio show and podcast devoted to story-telling.^[7]

Discography

As leader

Year	Title	Label	Personnel/Notes
1994	Gettin' to It	Verve
1995	Number Two Express	Verve
1998	A Family Affair	Verve
2000	SciFi	Verve
2000	The Philadelphia Experiment	Ropeadope
2002	Vertical Vision	Warner Bros.
2005	Live at Tonic	Ropeadope
2009	Kind of Brown	Mack Avenue
2011	The Good Feeling	Mack Avenue	Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
2011	Conversations with Christian	Mack Avenue
2013	People Music	Mack Avenue
2013	Out Here	Mack Avenue
2015	Live at the Village Vanguard	Mack Avenue	Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
2017	Bringin' It	Mack Avenue	Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
2018	Christian McBride's New Jawn	Mack Avenue

Compilations

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  It's Christmas on Mack Avenue (Mack Avenue, 2014)

As sideman

Main artist	Album title	Year	Notes
Wallace Roney	Obsession	1990
Gary Bartz	Shadows	1991
Ricky Ford	Hot Brass	1991
Benny Green	Greens	1991
Roy Hargrove	Public Eye	1991
Houston Person	The Lion and His Pride	1991	released 1994
Joe Henderson	Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn	1992	(Henderson won a Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo)
Benny Green	That's Right!	1992
Benny Green	Testifyin': Live at the Village Vanguard	1992
Freddie Hubbard	Live at Fat Tuesday's	1992
Etta Jones	Reverse the Charges	1992
Mulgrew Miller	Hand in Hand	1992
Chris Potter	Presenting Chris Potter	1993
Joshua Redman	Joshua Redman	1993
Joe Lovano	Tenor Legacy	1993
Harold Mabern	Lookin' on the Bright Side	1993
Harold Mabern	The Leading Man	1993
Wallace Roney	Munchin'	1993
David Sanborn	Pearls	1994
Peter Bernstein	Signs of Life	1994
Don Braden	After Dark	1994
Teddy Edwards	Tango in Harlem	1994
Benny Green	The Place To Be	1994
Joshua Redman	Moodswing	1994
Brad Mehldau	Introducing Brad Mehldau	1995
Roy Hargrove	Family	1995
Joe Lovano	Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard	1995
Joe Henderson	Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim	1995
Diana Krall	Only Trust Your Heart	1995
Jimmy Smith	Damn!	1995
McCoy Tyner	Prelude and Sonata	1995
Michael Wolff	Jumpstart	1995
Cedar Walton	Composer	1996
Jimmy Smith	Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams	1996
Harold Mabern	Mabern's Grooveyard	1996
Joe Henderson	Big Band	1996
McCoy Tyner	What the World Needs Now: The Music of Burt Bacharach	1997
Diana Krall	Love Scenes	1997
Chick Corea	Remembering Bud Powell	1997
Frank Foster	Leo Rising	1997
Freddie Hubbard	God Bless the Child	1998
George Duke	After Hours	1998
Yutaka Shiina	United	1998
Benny Green	These Are Soulful Days	1999
Benny Green	Naturally	2000
Harold Mabern	Maya with Love	2000
Diana Krall	The Look of Love	2001
Sting	All This Time	2001
Chick Corea	Rendezvous in New York	2002
George Duke	Face the Music	2002
Diana Krall	Live in Paris	2002
Sting	Sacred Love	2003
David Sanborn	Time Again	2003
Diana Krall	The Girl in the Other Room	2004
Regina Belle	Lazy Afternoon	2004
McCoy Tyner	Illuminations	2004	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
David Sanborn	Closer	2005
Chris Botti	To Love Again: The Duets	2005
George Duke	Duke	2005
Pat Metheny & Antonio Sanchez	Day Trip	2005
Eddie Palmieri	Listen Here!	2005
Chris Botti	December	2006
Chick Corea	Super Trio: Corea/Gadd/McBride	2006
Hank Jones	West of 5th	2006
Bruce Hornsby	Camp Meeting	2007
Chris Botti	Italia	2007
Chick Corea	Chillin' In Chelan	2007
Joshua Redman	Back East	2007
McCoy Tyner	Quartet	2007
David Sanborn	Here and Gone	2008
Queen Latifah	Trav'lin' Light	2008
Pat Metheny & Antonio Sanchez	Tokyo Day Trip	2008
George Duke	Dukey Treats	2008
James Carter	Heaven on Earth	2009
Chick Corea and John McLaughlin	Five Peace Band Live	2009	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Paul McCartney	Kisses on the Bottom	2012
Chick Corea	Trilogy	2013	Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
George Duke	DreamWeaver	2013
Joseph Tawadros	Permission to Evaporate	2014
Peter Bernstein	Signs Live!	2015
Diana Krall	Wallflower	2015
Craig Taborn	Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27	2016	Part of John Zorn's Book of Angels series
Diana Krall	Turn Up the Quiet	2017
Michael Wolff	2AM	1997

See also

• List of jazz bassists

References

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   ^ Yanow, Scott. "Christian McBride: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
   


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   ^ Alder, David R. "Philadelphia Experiment". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
   


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   ^ "Christian McBride bio" (PDF). Los Angeles Philharmonic. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
   


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   ^ "Garnegie Hall official website". Carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
   


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   ^ The Moth, February 10, 2011.
   

External links

• Official website


• Mack Avenue Artist Page


• Chris M. Slawecki, "Christian McBride Throws Down", AllAboutJazz, May 23, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2007


• David Miller, "Live at Tonic", AllAboutJazz.com, May 21, 2006. Retrieved August 11, 2007


• Donald True Van Deusen, "Christian McBride: Bass Beautiful" AllAboutJazz, October 6, 2004 Retrieved August 11, 2007


• Todd S. Jenkins, "The Philadelphia Experiment", AllAboutJazz.com, July 1, 2001. Retrieved August 11, 2007


• Nate Chinen, "A Situation Is Brewing, Acoustic and Fierce", New York Times, June 28, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2009


• Christian McBride Band MySpace Page


• 
  Conversation With Christian McBride, 10/01/2007


• Christian McBride telling a story entitled "The Gig" on The Moth podcast


• Conversation with Christian McBride - State of Mind, April 2006


• 
  Interview with Christian McBride for the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Program July 18, 2015

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