Jazz Articles about Christian McBride

Chick Corea / Steve Gadd / Christian McBride: Super Trio

by John Kelman
May 1, 2006

He may be in his mid-sixties, but pianist Chick Corea hasn't slowed down in the least. In the past five years there's been a monumental three-week run at New York's Blue Note, focusing a bright light on acoustic ensembles past and present and beautifully documented on the ten-DVD set Rendezvous in New York (Image Entertainment, 2005). Corea re-formed his powerhouse Elektric Band for an album--To the Stars (Stretch, 2004)--and tour. He reunited with members of Paco de Lucia's band for ...

Third Annual Philly All-Star Night at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
November 26, 2005

Kimmel Center for the Peforming Arts Verizon Hall Philadelphia, PA November 18, 2005This concert maintained the particular focus on Philadelphia musicians of the Mellon Jazz Festival at the Kimmel. Odean Pope is a Philadelphia legend, who worked with John Coltrane, Max Roach and many other jazz masters. His saxophone choir members mostly hail from Philadelphia. Ravi Coltrane's father is from Philly, and Ravi has maintained that connection. McBride is a Philadelphia native who ...

Christian McBride Band at Jazz Standard

by Russ Musto
January 5, 2005

Christian McBride Band Jazz Standard New York, NY December 30, 2004

Christian McBride rocked a sold out house the second set Thursday, December 30th at Jazz Standard with a show that proved that a jazz band could be soulful without sacrificing sophistication.

Starting off with a rousing rendition of the Spinner's hit “I'm Comin' Home" that began with drummer Terreon Gulley laying down a funky New Orleans rhythm anchored by McBride's big bottom, the ...

Christian McBride: Bass Beautiful

by AAJ Staff
October 6, 2004

Christian McBride, the young and perhaps most exciting jazz bass player since Ray Brown, returned to his hometown of Philadelphia with his new band for an October 2nd concert at the Zellerbach Theatre on the University of Pennsylvania campus.

Joining McBride will be Ron Blake, saxophones/flute; Geoffrey Keezer, piano; and Terreon Gully, drums. Mcbride has been acclaimed worldwide for his brilliant bass. He has six recordings and his latest is Vertical Vision. He has some very personal Philadelphia connections which ...

Pat Martino: Think Tank

by Joel Roberts
January 21, 2004

It's been nearly twenty years since Pat Martino's comeback from a near-fatal brain aneurysm. In that time he's re-established himself as one of the jazz world's premier guitarists, a technically advanced post bop player who combines forward-thinking musical ideas with native Philly grit; think Pat Metheny with more soul. Think Tank , as the name suggests, finds Martino at his most cerebral, which has its pros and cons. The title track, for example, is a blues of ...

Think Tank

by Victor L. Schermer
October 30, 2003

It could be said that Pat Martino most fully represents the evolution of jazz guitar artistry from the 1960's to the present day. His playing displays a striking continuity over time, even though disrupted in mid-stream by his well-known bout with a brain aneurysm that led to nearly total amnesia, and from which he more than regained his full abilities and gifts by a heroic recovery process. Yet within that continuity are all the developments in “straight ahead" jazz from ...

A Fireside Chat With Christian McBride

by AAJ Staff
October 7, 2003

Christian McBride is the most recorded bassist of his generation. That should say something of the value of having a Christian McBride on a record. But mostly, it says something about his versatility. Is he the Macgyver of jazz? Come to your own conclusions after this conversation with Christian McBride, coming to a town near you, unedited and in his own words.

Fred Jung: Let's start from the beginning.

Christian McBride: My father plays bass and ...