Christian McBride

With his bold, swinging style and robust sound, Philadelphia native Christian McBride is one of the foremost jazz bassists of his generation. Initially gaining prominence as a Young Lion in the early 1990s, McBride was championed by elders including Benny Carter and his longtime idol and mentor Ray Brown. He attracted attention playing alongside similarly inclined contemporaries such as trumpeter Roy Hargrove, pianist Benny Green, and saxophonist Joshua Redman. His early albums, 1994's Gettin' to It and 1995's Number Two Express, displayed his hard-swinging, acoustic post-bop ...