Review of Caine, McBride, Questlove: The Philadelphia Experiment: 20th Anniversary Edition

Caine, McBride, Questlove: The Philadelphia Experiment: 20th Anniversary Edition

Christian McBride | Questlove | Uri Caine

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★

Twenty years ago, the release of this celebration of the city of brotherly love by three of its most illustrious...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2021

Review of Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Brandee Younger | Brandon Lee | Carl Marachi | Christian McBride | Dan Pratt | Douglas Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | James Burton | Joe McDonough

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Review of Christian McBride Big Band: The Good Feeling

Christian McBride Big Band: The Good Feeling

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Douglas Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | James Burton | Loren Schoenberg | Melissa Walker | Michael Dease | Nabate Isles

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

The first big band release by the celebrated bassist and composer. It’s very retro but you have to listen carefully...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: November/2011

Review of Christian McBride Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

Christian McBride Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

Anthony Tidd | Jonathan Finlayson | Miles Okazaki | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Although bassist Christian McBride has distinguished himself in a range of settings that include anything from horns to electronics, there...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Review of Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?

Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?

Chrstian McBride | Edgar Meyer

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Team up one of the world’s leading classical bassists with his counterpart from the jazz environment, and the results should...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024

Review of Christian Scott: Christian aTunde Adjuah

Christian Scott: Christian aTunde Adjuah

Christian Scott | Corey King | Jamire Williams | Kenneth Whalum III | Kris Funn | Lawrence Fields | Louis Fouche IIII | Matthew Stevens

Concord

Rating: ★★★★

Trumpeter Christian Scott's new album Christian aTunde Adjuah is not only the title of his new 2-CD set but also...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Review of Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Daryl Shaw | Doug Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | Geoffrey Keezer | James Burton | Lew Soloff | Loren Schoenberg

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

A great contemporary bassist, McBride has also become an important educator and advocate for both the artform and African-American culture...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020

Review of Christian Sands: Be Water

Christian Sands: Be Water

Christian Sands

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Marcus Miller has an eponymously titled track dedicated to him; and Lalo Schifrin wrote a memorable soundtrack in the 1970s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Review of Christian Kobi: Atta!

Christian Kobi: Atta!

Christian Kobi | Taku Sugimoto | Wakana Ikeda | Yoko Ikeda

Monotype Records

Rating: ★★★

Swiss saxophonist Christian Kobi is a supremely focused improviser and no surprise, perhaps, to find him associating with a group...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2018

Review of Ulysses Owens Jr.: Unanimous

Ulysses Owens Jr.: Unanimous

Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Jaleel Shaw | Michael Dease | Nicholas Payton | Ulysses Owens Jr.

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Criss Cross boss, producer Gerry Teekens really goes back to the label's roots with this no-nonsense, contemporary hard bop date....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

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