Christian McBride

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Born: May 31, 1972 in Philadelphia, PA
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Neo-Bop, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Jazz-Funk, Fusion
Biography: Everyone's favorite young acoustic bassist of the 1990s, Christian McBride's large sound and expertise, both with plucked and bowed solos, recall Ray Brown and particularly Paul Chambers. He actually started on electric bass when he was eight and took R&B gigs in high school, but by then he was getting ...Read full biography
Kind of Brown
Released: 2009
Label: Mack Avenue
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One might assume that bassist Christian McBride's CD Kind of Brown would be a tribute to Ray Brown. Au contraire -- in fact, it would be appropriate for this recording to own up to the title Kind of Blue ...Read full review
Vertical Vision
Released: 2003
Label: Warner Bros.
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The celebrated jazz educator, master bassist, composer, and arranger, Christian McBride provides a new recording, told in a language of blazing originality. Vertical Vision is a multi-layered musical story ...Read full review
More Christian McBride albums: Main Albums (10)
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