Christian McBride

**Christian McBride** (født 31. mai 1972 i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) er en amerikansk jazzbassist. I løpet av det siste tiåret har McBride blitt regnet som en av de mest innflytelsesrike jazzmusikerne. Han er regnet som en virtuos og er en av de bassistene som med flest innspillinger bak seg de siste 20 årene. 

## Biografi
Etter å ha startet med bassgitar, byttet McBride til kontrabass og studerte ved Juilliard School.

Han har spilt med en rekke jazzlegender som Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Diana Krall, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Wynton Marsalis, Hank Jones, Joshua Redman, og Ray Browns «Superbass» med John Clayton, i tillegg til hiphop, pop, soul, og klassiske musikere som  The Roots, Kathleen Battle, Carly Simon, Sting, Bruce Hornsby, og James Brown.

Siden 2000 har McBride frontet sitt eget jazzband «The Christian McBride Band». 

## Diskografi

### Som bandleder

### Som studiomusiker
**Med [[Queen Latifah]]**
* *[[Trav'lin' Light]]* (2008)

**Med [[Freddie Hubbard]]**
* *[[Live at Fat Tuesday's]]* (1992)
* *[[God Bless the Child]]* (1998)

**Med [[Joe Henderson]]**
* *[[Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn]]* (1992) – GRAMMY VINNER
* *[[Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim]]* (1995)
* *[[Big Band (album)|Big Band]]* (1996)

**Med [[McCoy Tyner]]**
* *[[Prelude and Sonata]]* (1995)
* *[[What the World Needs Now (McCoy Tyner album)|What the World Needs Now: The Music of Burt Bacharach]]* (1997)
* *[[Illuminations (McCoy Tyner album)]]* (2004) – GRAMMY VINNER
* *[[McCoy Tyner Quartet: Live]]* (2007)

**Med [[Benny Green]]**
* *[[Greens (album)|Greens]]* (1991)
* *[[Testifyin': Live at the Village Vanguard]]* (1992)
* *[[That's Right!]]* (1992)
* *[[The Place To Be]]* (1994)
* *[[These Are Soulful Days]]* (1999)
* *[[Naturally]]* (2000)

**Med [[Roy Hargrove]]**
* *[[Public Eye]]* (1991)
* *[[Family (Roy Hargrove album)|Family]]* (1995)

**Med [[Joshua Redman]]**
* *[[Joshua Redman (album)|Joshua Redman]]* (1993)
* *[[Moodswing]]* (1994)
* *[[Back East]]* (2007)

**Med [[Diana Krall]]**
* *[[Only Trust Your Heart]]* (1995)
* *[[Love Scenes]]* (1997)
* *[[The Look of Love]]* (2001)
* *[[Live in Paris]]* (2002)
* *[[The Girl in the Other Room]]* (2004)

**Med [[Sting]]**
* *[[All This Time (Sting album)|...All This Time]]* (2001)
* *[[Sacred Love]]* (2003)

**With [[George Duke]]**
* *[[After Hours]]* (1998)
* *[[Face the Music]]* (2002)
* *[[Duke]]* (2005)
* *[[Dukey Treats]]* (2008)

**Med [[Chick Corea]]**
* *[[Remembering Bud Powell]]* (1997)
* *[[Rendezvous In New York]]* (2002)
* *[[Super Trio: Corea/Gadd/McBride]]* (2006)
* *[[Chillin' In Chelan]]* (2007)
* *[[Five Peace Band]] (med [[John McLaughlin]]) (2009)

*'Med David Sanborn**
* ''[[Pearls]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Time Again]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Closer]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Here and Gone]]'' (2008)

**Med Chris Botti*'
* *To Love Again: The Duets* (2005)
* *December* (2006)
* *Italia* (2007)

== Plateanmeldelser ==
* [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/109471-christian-mcbride-and-inside-straight-kind-of-brown Christian McBride | "Kind of Brown"]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21858 Christian McBride | "Live At Tonic"]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707214819/http://www.bass-musician-magazine.com/General/bass-musician-magazine-detail.asp?year=2008&month=2&article-id=802672249 Christian McBride with Pat Metheny | "Day Trip"]

== Referanser ==
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== Eksterne lenker ==
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*  [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21849 Christian McBride Throws Down] Chris M. Slawecki, *AllAboutJazz*, 23. mai 2006, sist besøkt 28. september 2007
*  [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21834 Live at Tonic] David Miller, *AllAboutJazz.com*, 23. mai 2006, sist besøkt 28. september 2007
*  [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15029 Christian McBride: Bass Beautiful] Donald True Van Deusen, *AllAboutJazz.com*, 6. oktober, sist besøkt 11. august 2007
*  [https://web.archive.org/web/20080117085718/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0701_222.htm The Philadelphia Experiment] Todd S. Jenkins, *AllAboutJazz.com'', 1. juli 2001 sist besøkt 11. august 2007
*  A Situation Is Brewing, Acoustic and Fierce Nate Chinen "New York Times.com", 28. juni 2007 sist besøkt 8. mars 2007
*  Christian McBride Band MySpace Page
*  Official website
*  The National Jazz Museum i Harlem
*  samtale med Christian McBride, 1. oktober 2007