Sun Feb 22
NEWS: Christian McBride just won a 2026 GRAMMY® Award for his Big Band album Without Further Ado, Vol 1 in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category. DownBeat praised the album as “a rewarding survey of the bassist’s love for jazz, R&B and pop.”
Christian McBride [bass]
Nicole Glover [saxophone]
Ely Perlman [guitar]
Michael King [piano]
Savannah Harris [drums]
World renowned bassist, composer, arranger, educator, and eight-time GRAMMY Award-winner, Christian McBride has been one of the most important and prolific figures in the jazz world for over 20 years. From jazz to R&B, and pop/rock and hip-hop/neo-soul to classical, Christian is one of the most acclaimed bassists of his generation, renowned for his bold, swinging style and robust sound. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, earning a 2016 GRAMMY Award for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo”, the only bassist to ever win at this category.
Christian McBride has worked with the best of the very best – James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Chaka Khan, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, J.J. Johnson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Isaac Hayes, Natalie Cole, Lalah Hathaway, Sting, Carly Simon, Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby, The Roots, D'Angelo & Queen Latifah. Christian has been artist-in-residence and artistic director with organizations such as Jazz Aspen, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Jazz Museum in Harlem, Jazz House Kids, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark, the Montclair Jazz Festival, and the Newport Jazz Festival.
Keystone Kards are not applicable for this show.