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December 19, 2011

[Review: The Perpetual Post] Conversations with Christian

...by the end of the third track one has already more awesome music than you’d hear on most full records...


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November 15, 2011

[AP Review] McBride covers new ground on 2 new CDs

These two contrasting CDs, released less than two months apart, showcase the versatility of in-demand jazz bassist Christian McBride.


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October 31, 2011

Kyle Eastwood’s ‘Songs from the Chateau’ CD is Big, Boisterous and Jazzy

Throughout this CD, you can hear and appreciate the horns, piano, and drums – but Eastwood’s preeminent execution of boisterous acoustic and electric bass playing techniques are absolute, and on full display for the world to hear and enjoy.


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October 24, 2011

Multifaceted Artist Stanley Jordan’s ‘Friends’ CD is Best Work Ever

Throughout the 11-track CD, Jordan displays a near classical sense of orchestration, an innate gift of melody, and, of course, an underlying current for innovated improvising.


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October 17, 2011

DCist Review - Gary Burton Quartet @ Blues Alley

There are few musicians out there who totally changed the way an instrument is perceived. What John Coltrane did for the saxophone or what Tony Williams did for the drumset, that is what Gary Burton did for the vibraphone.


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October 02, 2011

The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue) Christian McBride Big Band [Ottawa Citizen]

McBride’s disc, released this week, serves up the sounds and vibe of the mainstream jazz tradition in heaping, tasty helpings.


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