CHRISTIAN McBRIDE

摘要

It's a tried and tested formula, but McBride takes it to new levels as he duets with 13 guests in 13 different styles. Vocals run from Angelique Kidjo's 'Afrika' to funk with Dee Dee Bridgewater and cool jazzy pop with Sting, and you also get keyboard giants Hank Jones, George Duke and Chick Corea. McBride is a one-man rhythm section and much more, accompanying with an orchestral completeness of harmony. Whether putting a bounce behind violinist Regina Carter on the Bach theme that Grappelly and South did in the 1930s, or stringing Roy Hargrove's 'Baubles, Bangles and Beads' with a quote from 'Ooh Bop Sh'Bam,' he ends up stealing the show himself with the fleetest, most melodic of bass playing.