Christian McBride is a six-time Grammy Award-winning bassist-composer and the host of NPR’s “Jazz Night in America.” Since the early 1990s, he has recorded on more than 300 dates as a sideman. However, beginning with his debut recording in 1995, he has been a leader.
Aside from various stints with Sting, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard and George Duke, McBride has been artist-in-residence and artistic director with organizations such as Jazz House Kids, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Jazz Aspen and New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark.
McBride manages to tour consistently with his quartet, the New Jawn. He also fronts the Grammy-winning Christian McBride Big Band, whose Mack Avenue recordings “The Good Feeling” and “Bringin’ It” won the Grammy for best large jazz ensemble album in 2012 and 2017, respectively.
In addition, McBride hosts “The Lowdown: Conversations With Christian” on Sirius XM and DJs at clubs as DJ Brother Mister. McBride was recently named the artistic director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival, taking over from the festival’s longtime artistic director and founder, George Wein.
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