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Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer - But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody? (2024)

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Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer - But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody? (2024)

Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer - But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody? (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 259 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 153 Mb | 01:06:14
Chamber Jazz | Label: Mack Avenue Records

The meeting of great minds usually happens behind closed doors, but for two of the world's foremost bassists – Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer – the collaboration proved so fruitful that a duo album exploring their collective backgrounds in jazz, folk, classical, bluegrass and funk was born.

Carl Allen - Testimonial (1995)

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Carl Allen - Testimonial (1995)

Carl Allen - Testimonial (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 416 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 153 Mb | Scans included
Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz | Label: Atlantic Jazz | # 82755-2 | Time: 01:06:43

Allen's a decent though hardly extraordinary mainstream drummer who here leads an all-star neo-bop contingent in a set of standards and originals. Nothing surprising about the general conservatism of the date, given the personnel – Vincent Herring on alto sax, Nicholas Payton on trumpet, and Cyrus Chestnut on organ, to name a few. There's also nothing in particular wrong with the music, which is heartily played and deeply felt. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that it's covering ground that's been pretty much trampled into dust. It's a pleasant-enough listen, however, and since Cannonball Adderley isn't around to make albums like this anymore, maybe it's a good thing that musicians like these are. On the other hand, as long as guys like Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, and Phil Woods still walk the planet, the need is somewhat diminished.

Ray Brown with John Clayton & Christian McBride - SuperBass: Recorded Live at Scullers (1997)

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Ray Brown with John Clayton & Christian McBride  - SuperBass: Recorded Live at Scullers (1997)

Ray Brown with John Clayton & Christian McBride - Super Bass: Recorded Live at Scullers (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 247 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 135 Mb | Scans included
Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Bass Jazz | Label: Telarc | # CD-83393 | 00:53:36

This live Boston summit meeting between Ray Brown, Christian McBride and John Clayton was the logical outcome of several joint appearances, as well as an extension of a one-off bass troika track that McBride included on his first solo album. The idea of a bass trio on records probably would have been unthinkable in the primitive days of recording when Brown was coming up, but Telarc's fabulously deep yet clear engineering makes it seem like a natural thing to do. Whether pizzicato or bowed, whether taking the melodic solo or plunking down the 4/4 bottom line, all three perform with amazing panache, taste, humor, lack of ego, and the sheer joy of talking to and against each other beneath the musical staff.

George Freeman - The Good Life (2023)

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George Freeman - The Good Life (2023)

George Freeman - The Good Life (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 305 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 117 Mb | 00:50:55
Soul Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: HighNote Records

If a new George Freeman album is always a blessing, then what is a new George Freeman album featuring two world class backing bands? That’s the riddle we’ll need to solve as we spend more time with his newest CD, The Good Life. George is joined on the first half of the album by Joey DeFrancesco and Lewis Nash and on the second half of the disc, by Christian McBride and Carl Allen. These songs, five by George, and two standards (“If I Had You” and “The Good Life”) are all beautifully played, with George’s brilliant tone and musical ideas front and center on “Mr. D” (George’s tribute to Joey DeFrancesco). “1,2,3,4” has a Chicago to New Orleans groove happening that is slick and fun, and that tone with Christian McBride’s big bass notes? That’s a good time, indeed.

Christian McBride's New Jawn - Prime (2023)

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Christian McBride's New Jawn - Prime (2023)

Christian McBride's New Jawn - Prime (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:54:33 | 297 Mb
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Brother Mister Productions

Christian McBride’s New Jawn — trumpeter Josh Evans (Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, Rasheid Ali), saxophonist and bass clarinetist Marcus Strickland (Roy Haynes, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Chris Dave, Bilal, Robert Glasper), and drummer Nasheet Waits (Jason Moran, Joe Lovano, John Medeski) — is back with their highly anticipated sophomore album, Prime, the follow-up from McBride’s GRAMMY® nominated group. Featuring original compositions from each band member as well as fresh takes on songs from Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman and Larry Young, this group offers an exhilarating space of exploration for the 8-time GRAMMY® Award-winning McBride to stretch his veteran wings.

VA - Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)

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VA - Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)

VA - Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 397 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Soundtrack, Jazz | Label: Verve/Polydor K.K. | # POCJ-1321 | 01:03:07

For Robert Altman's Kansas City film, since the story was centered in 1934 Kansas City, Altman wanted to have younger musicians depict top jazz artists of the era playing at one of the legendary jam sessions. He recruited many of today's top modernists and, although they used arrangements based on older recordings, they did not have to necessarily improvise in the style of the time. Actually, it is surprising how close the musicians often come, recapturing not just the music of the period but the adventurous spirit of such immortals as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and Lester Young. A dozen songs from the film are on this very enjoyable and unique CD, which features such players as trumpeter Nicholas Payton, clarinetist Don Byron, guitarists Russell Malone and Mark Whitfield, pianists Geri Allen and Cyrus Chestnut, altoists Jesse Davis and David "Fathead" Newman, and four of today's great tenors: James Carter, Craig Handy, David Murray, and Joshua Redman. In addition, Kevin Mahogany sings "I Left My Baby." Although there are some audience shouts on a couple of the pieces, this is one soundtrack album that very much stands up on its own.

Christian McBride Big Band - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (2020)

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Christian McBride Big Band - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (2020)

Christian McBride Big Band - For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 412 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 Mb | 01:11:52
Jazz, Big Band | Label: Mack Avenue Records

Christian McBride solidifies his role as the champion of the past, present and future of jazz with his GRAMMY® Award-winning Big Band’s new album in tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson. Featuring special guests Joey DeFrancesco and Mark Whitfield, "For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver" honors the historical legacy of the jazz legends who shaped the soul of music for generations to come.

Christian McBride & Indise Straight - Live at the Village Vanguard (2021)

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Christian McBride & Indise Straight - Live at the Village Vanguard (2021)

Christian McBride & Indise Straight - Live at the Village Vanguard (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 488 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 188 Mb | 01:19:49
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Mack Avenue Records

Christian McBride returns with his Inside Straight quintet for a new recording called Live at the Village Vanguard. This is the third album for Inside Straight, but it’s only their first live record — even though the band was originally formed purely for a live setting.

Christian McBride - The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (2020)

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Christian McBride - The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (2020)

Christian McBride - The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons (2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 365 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | 01:04:49
Jazz, Spoken Word | Label: Mack Avenue Records

The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons is culminating documentation of a richly inspired piece – lauding four key figures of the Civil Rights Movement: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali. Marshaling his ever-sharpening skills as a composer, arranger, conductor, musician and lyricist, Christian McBride has created a historically and culturally illuminating five-part suite for an 18-piece big band, chorus and narrators that places the motivating forces as well as the goals of the Civil Rights Movement within a powerfully relevant artistic context. It is a one-from-the-heart project McBride was, apparently, destined to undertake. This recording of The Movement Revisited marks the addition of a fifth movement, “Apotheosis,” which acknowledges the election of Barack Obama as the first African American President of the United States.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - RoundAgain (2020)

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Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - RoundAgain (2020)

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade - RoundAgain (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 282 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 Mb | 00:44:42
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: Nonesuch Records

The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Brian Blade (drums)—reunite with the July 10, 2020 release of RoundAgain, the group’s first recording since 1994’s MoodSwing. The album features seven newly composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade.

Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride - SuperBass 2 (2001)

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Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride - SuperBass 2 (2001)

Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride - SuperBass 2 (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 251 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 133 MB | Covers - 17 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Telarc (CD-83483)

In the liner notes to the initial CD SuperBass, Ray Brown assured that the next SuperBass release would be twice as good. He lives up to the promise, as he and John Clayton are joined by the young bass sensation Christian McBride this time. Although Brown is the senior statesman of the trio and hatched the conception of SuperBass, all three men equally share the solos, as well as the arranging and choosing of songs. Brown's contributions include a trio of imaginatively arranged, time-tested standards from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess as well as the group's lively signature theme and the campy "Taco With a Pork Chop" (which adds percussionists George Gludas and Larry Fuller). McBride's chart of "Get Happy" is a delightful swinger, while his pulsating rendition of the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" is a definite crowd pleaser that inspires the audience to sing along…

Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield - Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock (1997)

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Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield - Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock (1997)

Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield - Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 285 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 157 MB | Covers - 87 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 537 856-2)

This is a rather unusual tribute to Herbie Hancock on a couple different levels. There is no piano on the date, so obviously no one is heard trying to sound like Hancock; the intimate all-star trio (bassist Christian McBride, trumpeter Nicholas Payton and guitarist Mark Whitfield) avoids such typical Hancock hits as "Watermelon Man" and "Maiden Voyage," and several of the songs are real obscurities. The 14 Hancock compositions date from 1962-79, with one tune from 1985, so they do not cover his later output. Among the lesser-known tunes are the title track (first played by V.S.O.P.), "Sly" (from the Headhunters LP), and two melodies taken from the 1965 soundtrack of Blow-Up. Several of the songs (most notably "Driftin'") deserve to be revived more widely…

Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade - Trilogy 2 (2018)

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Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade - Trilogy 2 (2018)

Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade - Trilogy 2 (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 732 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Concord Jazz (CJA00183), 2019

2013's Trilogy showcased the engaging collaboration between pianist Chick Corea, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade. Virtuoso leaders in their own right, Corea, McBride, and Blade found common ground as a trio, exploring a mix of sophisticated standards as well as originals culled from Corea's extensive book. The album cracked the Top Ten of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and earned two Grammys, including for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. The super-trio's follow-up, 2018's Trilogy 2, features further in-concert performances captured during their various tours between 2010 and 2016 in places like Ottawa, Bologna, Zurich, and St. Louis…