At Iridium Jazz Club

The Iridium Jazz Club Is Pleased to Present
A Very Special One Week Engagement With The CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND
WED. THRU SUN. SEPT. 16-20, 2009
Co-director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, bassist, educator, composer, super-sideman, and bandleader Christian McBride brings his 18 piece big band to The Iridium Jazz Club for five nights Sept. 16 through 20 sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM. From Philadelphia, McBride has become the most acclaimed acoustic and electric bassist to emerge from the jazz world in the past decade. His CDs on Verve and Mack Ave. as a leader and the literally hundreds of albums he has performed on showcase his funky style and big tone. His ever-expanding pop, R&B and fusion palette takes him around the world anchoring some of the best jazz groups today. He has performed with numerous artists including at Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman, Sting, Chick Corea, The Roots, Diana Krall, D'Angelo, Betty Carter, McCoy Tyner, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis.


Featuring:
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE - Leader
DAVID BRYANT - Piano
ULYSSES OWENS, JR. - Drums
BEN WILLIAMS - Bass
FREDDIE HENDRIX, FRANK GREENE, BRANDON LEE, KENNY RAMPTON - Trumpets
STEVE DAVIS, DOUGLAS PURVIANCE, + 2 TBS TBA - Trombones
STEVE WILSON, LOREN SCHOENBERG, TODD WILLIAMS, TODD BASHORE, FRANK BASILE - Reeds