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"Live at Tonic" (05/02/2006) Jazz Instrument McBride, Christian, Ropeadope Records (USA)Personnel: Christian McBride (bass instrument); Eric Krasno, Charlie Hunter (guitar); Jenny Scheinman (violin); Rahsaan Patterson (trumpet); Jason Moran (keyboards); DJ Logic (turntables); Scratch (background vocals). One of the leading jazz bassists of the 1990s and 2000s, Christian McBride is known for his formidable technique, his infallible chemistry with other players, and his restless sense of experimentation. The three-disc set LIVE AT TONIC is an impressive demonstration of these qualities. Recorded over two nights at New York City's avant music nightclub Tonic, LIVE finds McBride playing with a killer backing band and being joined by some of the hottest musicians on the scene, including pianist Jason Moran, guitarist Charlie Hunter, and turntablist DJ Logic. This is a hefty dose of compelling, joyful contemporary jazz.

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"A Family Affair" (08/11/1998) Jazz Instrument McBride, Christian, Verve (USA)Personnel: Christian McBride (keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic & electric basses, fretless bass); Will Downing, Vesta (vocals); Russell Malone (acoustic & electric guitars); Tim Warfield (tenor saxophone); Charles Craig (piano, electric piano, Fender Rhodes, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Gregory Hutchinson (drums); Munyungo Jackson (percussion, tambourine). Recorded at O'Henry Studios, North Hollywood, California on January 27-29, 1998 and LeGonks, Hollywood, California on January 30-31, 1998. Includes liner notes by Christian McBride. One of the most technically adept and commercially successful jazz bassists to emerge in the '90s, Christian McBride parlayed a solid sense of time and an adventurous compositional flair into a solid solo career. On A FAMILY AFFAIR, he wanders a bit from his jazz roots, but it's to his credit that he's not mired in tradition. The opening tune "I'm Coming Home" recalls the funky sounds of Lee Morgan and Cannonball Adderly as it serves up an R&B-spiced sonic stew that continually simmers, with only McBride's good taste keeping things from bubbling over. Elsewhere, he explores fusion, R&B and straight-ahead jazz balladry to various extents, but the element tying it all together is McBride's fluid bass work, and his solos on both electric and acoustic bass are high points on A FAMILY AFFAIR.

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"Sci-Fi" (09/12/2000) Jazz Instrument McBride, Christian, Verve (USA)Christian McBride Band: Christian McBride (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, acoustic & electric basses); Ron Blake (soprano & tenor saxophones); Shedrick Mitchell (acoustic & Fender Rhodes pianos); Rodney Green (drums). Additional personnel: Dianne Reeves (vocals); James Carter (bass clarinet); Toots Thielemans (harmonica); Herbie Hancock (piano); David Gilmore (acoustic & electric guitars). Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York from February 10-12, 2000. Includes liner notes by Christian McBride. What happens when musicians interested in expanding the vocabulary and repertoire of jazz beyond the hard-bop/post-bop canon are also involved in getting as much of their sound as possible out of acoustic and analog instruments? With musicians like Christian McBride around, we get to find out. Case in point: this band's arrangement of the Police's "Walking on the Moon" is anything but cheesy. As drummer Rodney Green keeps up a steady late-night sizzle on the cymbals, the leader phrases the melody in harmonics on electric bass, while James Carter provides an obbligato on bass clarinet, and David Gilmour fills in with rolling acoustic guitar arpeggios. It's completely hypnotic, and there's nary a sample in sight. When the keyboards do surface, on the title track, they're still underpinned by McBride's fat-bottomed upright and Green's insistent, everywhere-at-once traps, and saxophonist Ron Blake breaks away for a solo over a relentlessly hard-swinging groove.

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"Jazz on Sale" (01/21/2003) Jazz Instrument Howes, Christian, Khaeon World MusicPersonnel includes: Christian Howe (violin). Recorded in 2001.

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"Vertical Vision" (02/25/2003) Jazz Instrument McBride, Christian, Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Christian McBride Band: Christian McBride (acoustic & electric basses); Ron Blake (soprano & tenor saxophones, flute); Geoffrey Keezer (piano, keyboards); David Gilmore (acoustic & electric guitar); Terreon Gully (drums); Danny Sadownick (percussion). Recorded at Right Track Recording, New York, New York on June 14-16, 2002. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

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"Gettin' to It" (01/17/1995) Jazz Instrument McBride, Christian, Verve (USA)Personnel: Christian McBride, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton (acoustic bass), Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone), Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn), Steve Turre (trombone), Cyrus Chestnut (piano), Lewis Nash (drums). Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York between August 30 and September 1, 1994. Includes liner notes by Christian McBride. All songs written by Christian McBride except "Too Close For Comfort" (Jerry Bock/Larry Holofcener/George Weiss), "Splanky" (Neal Hefti), "Stars Fell On Alabama" (Frank Perkins/Mitchell Parish), and "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest/Oscar Washington/Lewis C. Simpkins). Christian McBride's debut as a leader, GETTIN' TO IT, serves only to enhance his growing reputation for elegant, exhilarating musicianship, and offers compelling evidence as to why, at only 22, he's well on his way to becoming one of the most frequently recorded bassists since Ron Carter. The bass features "Splanky" and "Night Train" show what all the excitement is about. The former is a convocation of master players--Milt Hinton's roots extend back to Cab Calloway, while Ray Brown originally emerged as Dizzy Gillespie's teenage bass sensation in the trumpeter's post-World War II band. Together they create a Basie-like blues exchange of four-on-the-floor ideas, and McBride's tone comes across every bit as full and richly detailed as that of his innovative elders. And on "Night Train," a famous blues feature for Jimmy Forrest, McBride's steadfast intonation and vocal phrasing is a marvel for bassists of any age. In the tradition of Oscar Pettiford and Paul Chambers, McBride often uses his bow to set up a melodic attitude. The perfect examples being the ballads "Too Close For Comfort" and "Stars Fell On Alabama," where his direct uncluttered phrasing keeps the groove center stage, as pianist Cyrus Chestnut and drummer Lewis Nash offer dramatic, understated support. Elsewhere, his trio is augmented by powerful stylists such as trombonist Steve Turre, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and tenor saxohponist Joshua Redman, to particular effect on the James Brown-inspired title tune. GETTIN' TO IT is the real deal.