Results for "Christian McBride"

Musician

Christian McBride

Born: May 31, 1972

The finest musicians to spring from the world of jazz have clearly had an advantage when it comes to branching into other genres of music. Their mastery of composition, arranging and sight reading coupled with their flair for improvisation and spontaneous creation make them possibly the most seasoned and adaptable musicians in the art. Grammy Award winner Christian McBride, chameleonic virtuoso of the acoustic and electric bass, stands tall at the top of this clique. Beginning in 1989—the beginning of an amazing career in which he still has wider-reaching goals to attain - the Philadelphian has thus far been first-call-requested to accompany literally hundreds of fine artists, ranging in an impressive array from McCoy Tyner and Sting to Kathleen Battle and Diana Krall. However, it is his own recordings—albums that encompass a diverse canon of original compositions and imaginatively arranged covers—that reveal the totality of his musicianship. He currently leads one of the hottest bands in music—the propulsive Christian McBride Band (saxophonist Ron Blake, keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer and drummer Terreon Gully).

Album

Points of Light

By Christian McBride

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Sakura; Two Check; Cows; Same Folks; Familiar Steps; A Morning Story; Orquíeda; No Rhyme, No Reason.

Album

Meeting in New York: Vol. 1

By Rafael Zaldivar

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: I Can't Be Any Other Way; Walking With Christian; I Remember Monk; Improvisation I; Caribbu; There is Always Time to Love; Improvisation II; Axis.

Video

Birks' Works

Featuring the music of Christian McBride
Duration: 6:52
November 15, 2026

How often does one get to hear two top-notch upright basses, alternately walking and soloing as a duo? Russell Hall (seen on the right) is known for his work with Emmet Cohen, as well as Wynton Marsalis, Jon Batiste and Wayne Shorter. Christian McBride is arguably the most prolific and accomplished bassist / project leader in jazz today. Here they ease into Dizzy Gillespie’s modified minor blues, "Birks’ Works." McBride picks up steam at 3:25 and the pair have real fun together starting 5:06. Before you finish, turn off your ears and simply visualize the joy exchanged between the two. For a peppier version, search YouTube for the Red Garland Quintet take on the same song.

News: Performance / Tour

Christian McBride, Yuja Wang, And Ben Folds To Headline The 2027 Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival

October 10, 2026

The Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival, North America’s largest piano festival, today announced its headlining lineup for the upcoming 2027 Festival. Bringing together three of the most influential forces in classical, jazz and pop music, global piano sensation Yuja Wang, 11-time GRAMMY-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride, and indie-pop icon Ben Folds will anchor the Festival’s ...

Article: In Pictures

September 2026 at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
October 8, 2026

A collection of photos from the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco from September 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026 featuring Christian McBride and Ursa Major, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, Cyrille Aimée, Mathis Picard, Paul Cornish, D-Erania Stampley, Miguel Marcel Russell, Greg Hutchinson, Russell Gunn, ...

Article: Album Review

Christian McBride and Ursa Major: Points of Light

by Andrew Schinder
October 7, 2026

Bass superstar Christian McBride seemingly has an infinite number of active projects at any given moment, but his group Ursa Major may be his most exciting. With Ursa Major, McBride leads a group of dynamic young musicians whose collective mission is to essentially fulfill McBride's creative impulses--an “all-in" band, as McBride has described it. Over the course of ...

Article: Album Review

Zaldivar | McBride | Mela: Meeting in New York: Vol. 1

by Mike Jurkovic
October 5, 2026

Depending on what part of town one finds their jollies, Cuban-born pianist Rafael Zaldivar may or may not be a well-known curiosity seeker in these parts, as he is in Montreal, where he characteristically burns up stages both big and small. But he damn well should be, as evidenced by the music emanating forth from Meeting ...

Article: Late Night Thoughts on Jazz

Texas Tenors and the Big Beat

by Marshall Bowden
July 30, 2002

This article first appeared on All About Jazz in July 2002. Texas is a miniature of the cultural and musical melting pot that is American music. Texas shares a border with Louisiana, inheriting some of that state's French and Caribbean roots, and when it comes to the blues, Texas has its own style. Texas ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Nicole Zuraitis Baked Her Own Cake

by Leo Sidran
September 30, 2026

Nicole Zuraitis has spent much of her career being asked (and asking herself) variations of the same question: where do you fit? Is the music jazz? Is it pop? Is it cabaret?Her new album, The Devil I Knew, doesn't exactly settle the question. Instead, it makes the question seem increasingly beside the point.