Christian McBride Articles
32nd Annual Playboy Jazz Festival to Feature Who’s Who of Bassists
The Playboy Jazz Festival promises to be another bass player’s favorite, featuring performances and appearances by Esperanza Spalding, Marcus Miller, Dwayne Burno, John Clayton’s Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, Chick Corea’s freedom band with Christian McBride, and many more. Hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, the festival will take place June 12-13 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, [...]
Christian McBride: A Day in the Life
Here’s a cool behind-the-scenes video of bassist Christian McBride, taking viewers on a quick tour of his home, rehearsals and reminiscing about his tours and other musicians.
Christian McBride: Boogie Woogie Waltz
Here’s Christian McBride performing his version of the Weather Report tune “Boogie Woogie Waltz”. McBride said Weather Report used to close their shows with this tune, before Birdland.
You can hear this tune and others on McBride’s Live at Tonic album.
Jazz bass well represented at 2010 Grammys
The bass community will be well represented in the 2010 Grammy category of “Best Jazz Instrumental Album.” Among the nominees are the John Patitucci Trio, for his newest album Remembrance, and the Clayton Brothers (featuring the legendary John Clayton) for their Brother to Brother album.
Also in the running is Live by the Five Peace Band, [...]
Christian McBride talks about his music
Christian McBride recently sat down with the folks at AllAboutJazz.com and spoke on a huge number of topics, and all in one interview. He speaks everything from his ideas of composition, putting together a CD, and even how he feels about playing with a bow.
While an amazing player, McBride says he wishes he had more [...]
Rewind: Bass Lessons, Columns, Gear Watch, New Releases & Favorite Videos
In case you missed them, here are the top features from the week of October 4th, 2009.
Jon Burr offers some sound advice in his latest lesson, To click or not to click? Or, what’s in a metronome?.
Damian Erskine answers a reader’s question on playing with and around the beat
Evan Kepner’s latest lesson covers Melodic 2-5-1 [...]
Christian McBride: live electric bass solo
We frequently see bassist Christian McBride playing the upright, but can he ever play on the bass guitar. Check out this video of McBride taking a solo during a live performance of the Jaco Pastorius tune “Havona”, with the Christan McBride Band.
McBride has three bass guitars that he currently uses: first a Pensa 4-string [...]
Christian McBride tour update
Bassist Christian McBride is on the road for the next two months. Here’s the latest:
October 3: Christian McBride & Inside Straight
Kayenn Jazz Festival in Cayenne, French Guiana
October 4: Christian McBride & Inside Straight
Jefferson Center/Shaftman Performance Hall in Roanoke, VA
October 9: KPFK-FM Peace Awards with Christian McBride, Ziggy Marley and many, many more
Ford Amphitheater [...]
The Obamas to chair Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition
President Barack Obama and First-Lady Michelle Obama will be serving as honorary chairs at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition and Gala Concert this October. The Gala co-chairs include Madeleine Albright, Herb and Lani Alpert, Quincy Jones, Debra Lee, Bill and Carolyn Powers, and Joseph E. Robert Jr.
The Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition features [...]
Christian McBride: Turnaround solo
A blast from the recent past, this is a stellar Christian McBride upright bass solo on the Ornette Coleman tune “Turnaround”. Christian is joined by Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny and Brian Blade.
