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Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz bassist. His father, Lee Smith, is a well known Philadelphia bassist who was McBride’s mentor. In the jazz community, McBride is widely considered one of the best bassists of his generation.
McBride has performed and recorded with a huge number of jazz legends, including Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Roy Haynes and Chick Corea, as well as with newer musicians like Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Benny Green and Sting.
McBride is known for his equal facility at playing pizzicato and with the bow. McBride primarily plays upright bass, but is also adept on the electric bass.

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jazz, bass, fusion, smooth jazz, funk
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Top Tracks

1	Walking on the moon full track	122
2	Gettin'To It	53
3	Technicolor Nightmare full track	46
4	Sonic Tonic full track	43
5	Sitting on a Cloud full track	38
6	Boogie Woogie Waltz full track	36
7	Clerow's Flipped full track	30
8	Hibiscus full track	29
9	Say Something full track	27
10	Aja full track	25
11	Bitches Brew full track	19
12	Stars Fell on Alabama full track	18
12	Splanky full track	18
14	See Jam, Hear Jam, Feel Jam full track	16
14	In a Hurry full track	16

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Davepercell wrote:
September 2008

Excellent musicianship. Dave Percell

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Justin1983 wrote:
September 2008

One of the BEST people you could ever hope to see live. And if you get to meet him, he's an extremely nice person as well (and funny, too).

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RussSargeant wrote:
June 2008

Amazing player on upright and electric bass - brilliant!

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ciuckmitico wrote:
May 2008

Very fresh jazz noise! For sure deserve a wider recognition

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Don_Diego wrote:
October 2007

Double b(ad)ass.

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gottalovett07 wrote:
October 2007

Christian McBride is badass

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Rapscallion87 wrote:
August 2007

live at tonic is badass

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Events

Dec 12 Christian McBride Science Center Theatre - Mccc, Blue Bell, United States
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Dec 13 Christian McBride Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, United States
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Feb 15 Chick Corea and John McLaughlin: Five Peace Band Pioneer Women's Memorial, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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