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A twist on the old cliché, “Those who can't play--draw,"--that's my personal point of view. I've been a jazz nut since as long as I can remember, and as soon as I could push a pencil--even though I could barely bang out a simple tune on a piano--I was sketching some of my favorite players, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington. In 2000, after beginning a career as a graphic designer, I was awarded the position of design ...

Multiple Reviews

Christian McBride: People Music - Out Here

by Luigi Sforza
March 14, 2014

Di Christian McBride colpisce l'energia, la presa di coscienza dei propri mezzi espressivi e il modo in cui riesce a plasmare la scoppiettante materia sonora che suona, ovvero un miscuglio proficuo di post-bop e cantabile modern jazz. A due anni di distanza da The Good Feeling il contrabbassista afroamericano torna con due dischi, uno, People Music con gli Inside Straight, l'altro, Out Herein trio. Entrambi con almeno due tratti in comune, l'accattivante persuasività delle melodie e la non ...

Album Review

Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music

Read "People Music" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter
May 20, 2013

Musicians create bands for many things: To gather like-minded artists together, or to achieve some grand artistic vision; Christian McBride created Inside Straight to get a gig. It seems Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon loved McBride but wouldn't book him with his regular, fusion-heavy outfit--or, as Gordon put it, “that rock 'n' roll band." Necessity is the mother, as they say, so McBride built Inside Straight. The thing is, he might have overreacted a tad, because the group's first release ...

Multiple Reviews

Under the Banner of McBride: Two Bass Hits from a Low-End Giant

by Dan Bilawsky
May 16, 2013

Bassist Christian McBride is many things to many people. Leader, sideman, writer, and conceptualist are just a few of the hats that he happens to wear on these two quintet- centered dates. One album puts McBride's name up in lights, while the other finds him in a supporting role, but his work is central to the success of both outings. His on-the- money groove work, killer chops and tasteful tidings tie these albums together; they both share space under the ...

Album Review

David Gilmore: Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard

Read "Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 7, 2012

Numbers and music are inextricably linked together. Numbers exist within every musical impulse and control the very nature of music through their connective ratios and relationships. This concept is explored to the fullest, without coming off as inaccessible “math music," on guitarist David Gilmore's Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard. Gilmore--not to be confused with Pink Floyd's guitar-wielding David Gilmour--has made a name for himself as a Berklee-based educator and go-to sideman, appearing on recordings with saxophonist Wayne ...

Interview

Christian McBride: Knocking on the Door

by Bob Kenselaar
June 25, 2012

Christian McBride was talking about the Grammy he received in October, 2011 for his big band album, The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue, 2011)--his first Grammy as a leader and third overall. While the bassist certainly appreciated getting the nod from his peers and from the Recording Academy, he said he gets just as much of a reward--if not more of one--when he gets calls from musicians he admires asking him to work with them because they like what he does. ...

Album Review

Christian McBride: The Good Feeling

Read "The Good Feeling" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 13, 2012

The Good Feeling à l'album di debutto della Big Band guidata da Christian McBride, che con questo lavoro -pensato e messo insieme durante un lungo periodo di tempo -mette in evidenza un nuovo lato della propria personalità musicale. Il contrabbassista ha scelto un repertorio fatto di suoi brani, rivisti e formalmente adattati per l'occasione, e una manciata di standard che vanno nell'insieme a formare una tessitura stilistica di alto pregio.Oltre allo swing vibrante che pervade in maniera positiva ...