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	Encyclopedia: Christian McBride
		Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz bassist.
		In the jazz community, McBride is widely considered one of the best bassists of his generation.
		McBride has performed and recorded with a huge number of jazz legends, including Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Roy Haynes, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, as well as with newer musicians like Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Benny Green and Sting.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Christian-McBride (424 words)

	E.J.N. - CHRISTIAN MC BRIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Initially influenced by his father and uncle, who are also bass players, Christian started playing electric bass at age eight and began formal training on the acoustic bass when he was eleven.
		Christian is in constatn demand for both recorded and live performances, and is now acclaimed by veteran and younger jazz players alike as one of the preeminent bassists working today.
		Christian is also a multi-instrumentalist - playing drums and piano - and a promising composer.
	www.ejn.it /mus/mcbride.htm (265 words)

	Christian McBride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		McBride would now become one of those rare artists from the jazz world to be a part of the pop scene.
		McBride was also a part of Stanford University's panel on "Black Performing Arts in Mainstream America." He also took the plunge into cyberspace by hosting a weekly "jazz chat" series of one-on-one interviews for Sonicnet.com.
		As long as Christian McBride continues to challenge himself in all arenas, it is clear that he will continue to be a force in the music world for decades to come.
	www.aux.mtu.edu /uce/gevents/mcbride_more.php (1582 words)

	The Sliding Menu
		Christian McBride was born May 31, 1972, in Philadelphia.
		At 14, McBride was invited by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to sit in with his group at the Academy Of Music.
		McBride has also spoken on a Stanford University panel regarding "The Influence of Black Performing Arts on Mainstrem America." He has also taken the plunge into cyberspace by hosting a weekly "Jazz Chat" series of one-on-one interviews for SonicNet.com.
	www.angelfire.com /music4/bassgrooves/Mcbride.htm (1173 words)

	Christian McBride - Verve Records
		McBride breaks the song into shifting meters of 3/4 and 4/4, then inverts composers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's original solo sections.
		McBride also sinks his chops into compositions by two bass giants of the '70s jazz fusion revolution.
		The last of McBride's new compositions is the bittersweet "I Guess I'll Have To Forget," which showcases the quintessentially poignant harmonica of Brussels' Jean "Toots" Thielmans.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=2907 (1033 words)

	Christian McBride Band: Sci-Fi - PopMatters Music Review
		Christian McBride first came to prominence as one of the generation of "Young Lions" that emerged in the late 1980s and the early 1990s.
		McBride, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, saxophonist Antonio Hart, pianist Benny Green and drummer Carl Allen were at the center of the "Jazz Futures," a post-Marsalis-hype generation of players.
		McBride was also a vital element of the Benny Green's touring trio, particularly their stunning live recording Testifyin': Live at the Village Vanguard (1992).
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/mcbridechristian-scifi.shtml (522 words)

	Jelly review: Christian McBride
		One look at bassist Christian McBride’s latest release with, of all things, George Duke listed as its producer, and it might give any self-respecting traditional jazz fan a case of the frightened chills.
		He was asked why he didn’t play an electric bass, and answered by saying that he’d already worked so long and hard at getting just the right tone from his stand-up playing, that he didn’t want to give all that up just for the sake of "modernizing" his sound.
		McBride is joined here by Tim Warfield on tenor sax, Charles Craig on keyboards and Gregory Hutchenson at the drums.
	www.jellyroll.com /07/christianmcbride.html (417 words)

	Pat Metheny Group Listener Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		McBride was already so good, so versatile, and in-demand, that he never had a chance to settle into his Julliard studies.
		McBride's wide musical diversity is well borne out on two of his most recent projects; the underground success of "The Philadelphia Experiment," a hip-hop jazz funk project championed by the jamband and college audiences and the world-wide pop success of Sting's "All This Time."
		McBride's first album as a leader, "Gettin' To It" was one of the biggest selling jazz records of 1995.
	www.patmethenygroup.com /press_kit/pat_metheny_trio/bio.cfm (1784 words)

	The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While jazz lies at the root of McBride's accomplishments, it is his passion for music in a very broad sense that has made him a highly regarded bassist, composer, arranger, educator, and bandleader.
		McBride attended Philadelphia's fertile High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), where he associated with musicians such as the hip-hop band The Roots, vocalists Boyz II Men, organist Joey DeFrancesco, vocalist/songwriter Amel Larrieux, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, and singer/songwriter Marc Nelson.
		McBride left Juilliard after a year to tour with trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and later he also performed with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's band and The Benny Green Trio.
	www.sacobserver.com /soul/101702/mcbride_mondavi.htm (806 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Christian McBride Quartet Joe Lovano Quartet
		Christian McBride is not only the outstanding young bass talent in the jazz world today, he is also becoming quite a showman.
		McBride's latest album "Number Two Express" (Verve) hints that he is developing into a more interesting musician, but at the Luckman, he made it clear that he isn't content to play the same old neo-bop tune.
		Clearly McBride has the ability and chutzpah to do anything he wants, and someday he may be able to fuse all of this diversity into something entirely new.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117342459?categoryid=34&cs=1 (508 words)

	Music: Christian McBride Stands Alone (Weekly Alibi . 06-29-98)
		And like Charles Mingus, to whom he is oft compared, McBride's musical palette is splashed with tints and hues that extend far beyond the rainbow spectrum of swing and bebop.
		And those same traits that have catapulted McBride to the pinnacle of the jazz bass camp have made him capable of playing a major role in ensemble with any number of heavy hitters.
		McBride is easily one of the most soulful bassists of the current generation, clearly evidenced on his latest record.
	weeklywire.com /ww/06-29-98/alibi_blue.html (241 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts Friday Review \| Why is Christian McBride playing it safe?
		McBride sets out his stall by naming this pastiche opener Circa 1990, referring to the time when he was a teenage virtuoso who shot to jazz stardom by following the neo-classical gospel preached by Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch.
		McBride salvages this particular nightmare with a bravura solo, but you can't help feeling that he's in session mode: rescuing a duff track rather than pursuing any singular vision.
		This kind of music is as old for McBride (born in 1972) as King Oliver and Louis Armstrong were for Charles Mingus (1922) and Miles Davis (1926) in the 1950s.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,889913,00.html (673 words)

	Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - Arts and Entertainment
		Christian McBride will perform two different shows tonight at Belly Up, the first an acoustic jazz set beginning at 8 p.m., and the second at 11 p.m.
		Christian McBride is commonly referred to as the premier jazz bassist of his generation.
		McBride says that Jazz Aspen, which booked tonight's shows as part of the JAS Academy Summer Sessions concert series, made the request for two different sorts of shows.
	www.aspentimes.com /article/20050722/AE/107210044 (635 words)

	48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival - September 16-18, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Christian McBride has arguably become the most acclaimed acoustic and electric bassist to emerge from the jazz world in the 1990's.
		McBride was also named Rolling Stone magazine's "Hot Jazz Artist" of 1992.
		The crown jewel of the CD is Neal Hefti's "Splanky," which features Christian in a three-way bass-off with his two father figures, Ray Brown and Milt Hinton.
	www.montereyjazzfestival.org /artists/mcbride.htm (974 words)

	Christian McBride, Charlie Hunter, Leon Parker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Virtuoso bassist and bandleader Christian McBride, just 26, has an abiding love of funk and has been mixing more of it into his albums and shows.
		It's not just the music that McBride loves but the show-biz style of the great soul acts: he takes the stage last, after a warm-up by his band, and he likes to entertain the crowd with James Brown dance steps.
		McBride's "lead" fretless electric bass on Stevie Wonder's "Summer Soft" was technically flashy, but it wasn't Stevie.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/99/02/04/REX/CHRISTIAN_MCBRIDE.html (441 words)

	Metro Pulse/Platters/Christian McBride, Bill Bruford, Ralph Towner
		A recent and very welcome sighting comes thanks to bassist Christian McBride—perhaps best known as a young lion of tradition—who arrives in shining armor, intent on rescuing jazz from slick corruptions.
		McBride who, after 70-plus straight-ahead albums as a sideman, has picked up an electric bass and focused his monster chops on a genre desperately in need of rehabilitation.
		To assist, McBride enlists Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, David Gilmore, and James Carter.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2001/1126/t_platters.html (772 words)

	Christian McBride Biograpy
		For his highly anticipated third release on Verve, acclaimed bassist Christian McBride has teamed with legendary producer George Duke to record the CD A Family Affair.
		McBride was influenced by his great uncle, Howard Cooper, an avant-garde bassist, and his father, Lee Smith, who played bass for "Philly Soul" superstars such as the Delfonics, Blue Magic and Billy Paul.
		McBride was awarded a scholarship to attend the Julliard School of Music in Manhattan.
	www.stanford.edu /group/Spirit/participants/mcbride.html (485 words)

	Jazz News Story The Christian McBride Band at Cheney Hall @ jazzreview.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		September 28, 2002 - Christian McBride, only 30 years old, has arguably become the most acclaimed acoustic and electric bassist to emerge from the jazz world in the 1990's.
		McBride's first album as a band leader, 1995's "Gettin' To It" joined "Moodswing" as one of the most important and best selling records of the new generation in Jazz.
		McBride's more recent works, such as 1998's "A Family Affair" featured Christian on both Acoustic and the Electric Bass, and incorporate funk and soul elements.
	www.jazzreview.com /articleprint.cfm?ID=921 (340 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Fingerpainting: Music Of Herbi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		mcbride, whitfield and payton submit the perfect case for herbie hancock's credentials as a first-rate jazz composer.
		mcbride is a virtuoso on double bass; at times his solos may sound like souped-up auditions for the bass role in the jb's but there's always a quirk and a musical intelligance that makes up for his occasionally verbose manner.
		his duet with mcbride on "dolphin dance" is one of the highlights of the album, the intimacy of the instrumentation perfectly suiting the compositions lovely innocence.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000047FK (636 words)

	Music - CD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The joke is that the piece is called "Circa 1990," a comment on the old-school jazz purity that bassist McBride and many of his colleagues were building their reputations upon at the time.
		What the Christian McBride Band launches into for the rest of the album is a rocking take on the fusion jazz of the 1970s and '80s.
		What the Christian McBride Band seems to be saying instead is: "A wide range of music grew up on what we play." That range — hip-hop, funk and techno — is articulated on this album with remarkable clarity.
	www.inlander.com /soundadvice/278367796960154.php (411 words)

	Amazon.com: Vertical Vision [ENHANCED]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Equally adept on acoustic and electric, McBride is a long-running Sting sideman, as well as a member of the late Ray Brown's inspirational SuperBass trio.
		McBride's "The Wizard of Montara" is short and boppish, while his "Ballad of Little Girl Dancer" is the funkiest number, loaded up with chirping synths.
		McBride is a monster bass player, as I stated in my previous review, but apparently he does much better playing in other people's bands, with other player's compositions.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000084T3T?v=glance (1405 words)

	Jazz at the Bistro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Christian McBride has often been referred to as “THE bassist in-demand.” Trained by jazz masters like Wynton Marsalis, Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard and more, McBride is the leader of a new breed of jazz musicians that is willing to redefine industry expectations.
		Combining elements of straight-ahead jazz with modern funk and rock, McBride has brought the bass from the sidelines and into the spotlight.
		As a bandleader, McBride dares to continually move jazz forward with an approach that embraces music on the edge, while respecting the traditions of the past.
	www.jazzatthebistro.com /ArtistPage.aspx?artistID=mcbride (179 words)

	CD Review of Christian McBride - Vertical Vision on Warner Brothers @ jazzreview.com
		Indeed, if McBride began his professional career in the traditionalist trenches of the early nineties, the turn of the century has seen him refocus his gaze on the rock, soul, and fusion of the 70’s and 80’s.
		That said, the greatest success of this disc by far lies in McBride’s commitment to the aesthetic he is mining (like on his earlier works), his patent refusal to settle for the facile, “commercial” resolutions inherent in the genre.
		It is when McBride lets his funk-rock influences inform his bass lines, forming hard-line, up-for-the-down-stroke riffs, that he begins to reach the heights of the records that inspired this one.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=4433 (685 words)

	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		McBride who began playing the bass at eight attended the Julliard School of Music in Manhattan and is soon to release "A Family Affair," his third recording on Verve Records.
		Christian: Well, before he played with Mongo he was playing with the a lot of the old Philly Soul groups.
		Christian: Right now, I received a commission from an arts society in Maine and I'm going to write a huge piece of music for a gospel choir and my band.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /iviews/cmcbride.htm (3426 words)

	Christian McBride - Vertical Vision
		Christian assembled the talents of saxophonist Ron Blake, pianist and keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer along with Terreon Gully on the skins; David Gilmore plays guitar and Danny Sadownick on percussion.
		McBride finds his way into the room binding and stretching the upright bass strings as an artist skillfully strokes a painting with his brush challenging the listener to reconnect his/her thoughts.
		At the four spot McBride opts, to write a swinging number titled “The Wizard Of Montara” which is short lived leaving the listener with a hint of anxiety longing for a bit more from this foot stomping arrangement.
	www.smooth-jazz.de /Rob/VerticalVision.htm (580 words)

	Digital Interviews: Christian McBride
		Recognized by Time as "the most promising and versatile bassist since Charles Mingus," Christian McBride takes the art of his instrument to a new level.
		McBride hails from a musical family in Philadelphia.
		Christian McBride: The active jazz scene bled into what became the "Philadelphia era" and the "national era" of soul music, which hit their peak right around the time I was born -- 1972.
	digitalinterviews.com /digitalinterviews/views/mcbride.shtml (2090 words)

	CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE \| FLY \| US/CANADA: FEATURES
		Christian has strummed around on the electric bass guitar from the age of eight (his father and great-uncle play bass), finally taking up the acoustic bass at 11 years-old in order to play in his high school symphony orchestra.
		Christian is quick to dispel the myth that he'd ever toured with Betty himself.
		Christian has played with some of the most phenomenal drummers around including Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams.
	www.fly.co.uk /fly/archives/1998/08/christian_mcbride.html (902 words)

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