Who is Christian McBride?
Jazz bassist, composer, and arranger. Christian McBride is a bassist, composer, and bandleader. A six-time Grammy Award winner, McBride is the artistic director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts center and TD James Moody Jazz Festival, and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.
What does McBride imagine about the young black boy?
McBride imagines that the young Black boy might be guarded at first, asking wary questions. But soon enough, they build a connection over McBride’s walking bass line. They meet David’s friends, splash by the fire hydrant, play stickball. Through David, McBride recalls his own childlike innocence and curiosity.
Host, Jazz Night in America
Bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and administrator, Christian McBride, has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years. Sometimes hard to believe considering this man just entered his 40's.
WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center
April 23, 2020 • Hear a concert with pianist Monty Alexander and bassist Ray Brown from 2000. Host Christian McBride picks his favorite songs from the gig that puts both musicians' joy and camaraderie on full display.
A Sprawling Blueprint For Protest Music, Courtesy Of The Jazz Duke
February 22, 2019 • He called it "a parallel to the history of the American Negro." Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige wasn't an immediate hit, but it set a tone for ambitious, provocative works about black life.
Be Cool
January 22, 2007 • Modern life is stressful enough with job issues, cell phones, road rage and super-caffeinated coffee. But Philadelphia-born jazz bassist Christian McBride believes "being cool" leads to a happier and more productive life.
Who is Christian McBride?
January 18, 2009 • Bassist and composer Christian McBride has penned an hour-long musical work inspired by leading figures of the civil-rights movement. Hear a 17-piece big band and gospel choir perform McBride's tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is the Jazz critic for 2017?
January 30, 2017 • Jazz critic Nate Chinen and Jazz Night In America 's Christian McBride discuss a few of this year's hotly anticipated albums, including new work by Miguel Zenón and Kevin Eubanks.
