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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).

ZALDIVAR | MCBRIDE | MELA: Meeting in New York, Volume one. Special guest: Christian McBride

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.

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

Ursa Major at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
September 15, 2026

Christian McBride's Ursa Major Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA September 13, 2026   Christian McBride  stood toward the rear of the Miner Auditorium stage Sunday night, directing traffic from behind Nicole Glover and Ely Perlman. Even when he switched from upright to electric bass and began one of his fleet, muscular solos, he ...

Mark Gross: Jazz for Teens

by B.D. Lenz
September 8, 2026

For many young musicians, learning jazz is about much more than learning how to play an instrument. It's about developing confidence, learning to listen, finding your own voice, and discovering how to work with others.Few people understand that better than Mark Gross. As Director of Jazz Instruction at NJPAC, Gross has spent years helping ...

Samara Joy and Christian McBride at Summerstage

by Paul Reynolds
September 7, 2026

Samara Joy and Christian McBride Summerstage Verve's 70th Anniversary Celebration New York NY September 2, 2026 Founded 70 years ago, Verve Records was launched in part to treat female jazz artists with respect, who too often had been shortchanged within a music community that was male-centric to an extreme. It's fitting, ...

2026 Newport Jazz Festival, Part 2

by Mark Robbins
September 4, 2026

Jazz at Newport has always been about more than keeping a tradition alive. It is also about seeing where the music is going. At the 72nd Newport Jazz Festival, that was clear in the wide range of music heard throughout the weekend, from jazz and soul to R&B, hip-hop, funk and experimental music. Artists ...

The Tension Is Where the Music Lives: Miles Davis at 100, Part 3

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
August 26, 2026

Herbie Hancock Celebrates Miles Davis Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA August 19, 2026 The Hollywood Bowl began as a picnic ground called Daisy Dell, a canyon chosen for its acoustics, willed into being largely by women, chief among them Artie Mason Carter, a music teacher who believed music was for everyone ...

Strange Heavens, Sublime Music: Linda May Han Oh Trio at the 2026 Newport Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
August 17, 2026

This year marked the 72nd year of the Newport Jazz Festival and the first with Nate Smith as artistic director, succeeding Christian McBride, who served in that capacity for a decade. It was also my fourth year working the festival as a photographer and photo-essayist, an experience that continues to be one of the high points ...

Minerva Musicae 2026

by Luciano Rossetti
August 5, 2026