Christian McBride
Christian Lee McBride (born May 31, 1972 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American jazz bassist.
Live and act
McBride played rhythm and blues on the electric bass in his school days before turning to acoustic bass and jazz music. From 1989 he studied at the Juilliard School of Music . In the 1990s he worked on Joe Henderson's tribute albums Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn and Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim . He then briefly played with the bands of Bobby Watson , Benny Golson , Roy Hargrove and Freddie Hubbard , toured with the Benny Green Trio and performed with Ray Brown at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival .
In 1995 he recorded his first album as a band leader and then toured with his own band. He composed blues in Alphabet City for Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra . McBride gives master classes at the Berklee School of Music and teaches at the Henry Mancini Institute . In addition to his work as a band leader, he worked on more than two hundred albums as a sideman. In 2016, his interpretation of the Cherokee jazz standard received the Grammy Award in the improvised jazz solo category. Two years later he received a second award for the album Bringin 'It with his big band.
Awards
At the end of 2019, McBride was nominated for the 2020 Grammy Awards in the two categories Best Improvised Jazz Solo and Best Jazz Instrumental Album .
Discography
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- Gettin 'to It with Roy Hargrove , Joshua Redman , Steve Turré , Cyrus Chestnut , Lewis Nash , Ray Brown and Milt Hinton , 1994
- Number Two Express with Kenny Barron , Gary Bartz , Mino Cinelu Chick Corea , Jack DeJohnette , Kenny Garrett , Steve Nelson , 1995
- Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock with Nicholas Payton , Mark Whitfield , 1997
- A Family Affair with Tim Warfield , Charles Craig , Gregory Hutchinson , Russell Malone , Munyungo Jackson , Will Downing , Vesta , 1998
- Sci-Fi with Ron Blake , Shedrick Mitchell , Rodney Green , Herbie Hancock , Dianne Reeves , Toots Thielemans , James Carter , David Gilmore , 2000
- The Philadelphia Experiment with Ahmir Thompson , Uri Caine , Pat Martino , Jon Swana , Larry Gold , Aaron Luis Levinson , 2001
- Vertical Vision with Ron Blake, Geoffrey Keezer , Terreon Gully , David Gilmore , Danny Sadownick , 2003
- Live at Tonic with Ron Blake, Geoffrey Keezer, Terreon Gully, Charlie Hunter , Jason Moran , Jenny Scheinman , DJ Logic , Scratch , Eric Krasno , Rashawn Ross , 2006
- New York Time with Javon Jackson , Jimmy Cobb , Cedar Walton , 2006
- Day Trip with Pat Metheny , Antonio Sánchez , 2008
- The good feeling. Christian McBride Bigband, u. a. with Nabaté Isles , 2011
- People Music. Christian McBride & Inside Straight, 2013
- Out Here. Christian McBride Trio, with Christian Sands and Ulysses Owens , 2014
- Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin 'It , 2017
- Christian McBride's New Jawn , 2018
- The Movement Revisited , Mack Avenue, 2020
Web links
- Works by and about Christian McBride in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christian McBride's website
- Bob Kenselaar: Christian McBride: Knocking on the Door (2012) in All About Jazz
- Christian McBride at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2020 Grammy Nominations Announced. JazzTimes , November 27, 2019, accessed November 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany Switzerland
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| SURNAME | McBride, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McBride, Christian Lee (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States |