Jazz Articles about Christian McBride

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Christian McBride: Christian McBride's New Jawn

by Chris Mosey
October 28, 2018

Christian McBride was looking for a new musical challenge. So he decided to form a band that would play without the use of chords. The bassist explains, “Every major group I've been a part of for the last ten years, whether it's been with Pat Metheny or Chick Corea, or my own projects, there's been nothing but chords. So, I wanted to see what happens if I just pull the chords out altogether." The result is Christian ...

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2018 Newport Jazz Festival

by Richard Conde
August 16, 2018

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The Christian McBride Trio at the Tin Pan

by Mark Robbins
December 17, 2017

Christian McBride strode onto the stage of the Tin Pan in Richmond, VA. to announce that his regular pianist, Christian Sands, and drummer, Jerome Jennings, (refereed to as his younger brothers) could not be with him for their performance. He phoned a couple of his friends, (referring to them as his big brothers), to see if they could help him out and happily they could. That night's trio consisted of McBride on bass, Benny Green on piano and Lewis Nash ...

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Christian McBride and Tip City at Village Vanguard

by Mike Jurkovic
December 5, 2017

Christian McBride and Tip City Village Vanguard New York November 29, 2017 With a jovial toast to his band and the packed and boisterous Vanguard crowd, Christian McBride and Tip City began their first set as you'd expect they'd kick off their second, burning on all cylinders, each player locked in from the get-go and the audience raring to ride along with them. In a grand addition to his ever restless ...

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2017 Newport Jazz Festival

by Richard Conde
September 29, 2017

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Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

by Dan Bilawsky
September 8, 2017

Where and how does Christian McBride find the time to do what he does? His plate is full about nine times over, what with his work as bassist, composer, bandleader, educator, jazz advocate, public speaker, radio personality, DJ, and Artistic Director for the Newport Jazz Festival. It's no wonder that it took him six years to get this juggernaut of a big band back together in the studio. This album serves as the long-awaited follow-up to The ...

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TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2015

by Alain Londes
July 2, 2015

TD Toronto Jazz Festival Various locations Toronto, Canada June 18-29, 2015 With festival season in full swing, it's always an opportunity to see what the state of jazz is and to hopefully discover something new. The challenge is of course that there are always many choices and one might be guided by personal choice and on a whim as to what to see. This year's Toronto Jazz Festival had a rich collection of performers from ...