Christian Mcbride - A Family Affair
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Artist: Christian McbrideEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-08-11
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- I'm Coming Home
- A Dream Of You
- Family Affair
- Theme From Our Fairytale
- ... Or So You Thought
- Summer Soft
- Brown Funk (For Ray)
- Open Sesame
- Wayne's World
- I'll Write A Song For You
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Music Review: Good Contemporary Jazz Sampler
Rating: 4 Stars
Christian McBride as a bassist takes a back seat to nobody, including Ray Brown (to whom he includes a tribute on this album), Ron Carter, or even Jaco Pastorius.
The first track on the album, "I'm coming Home," is by far the most enjoyable. In R & B style, it features mainly tenor sax man Tim Warfield and eclipses 98% of everything I've heard in this style before. Not to say that Warfield impresses with pyrotechnics on this cut (as he does elsewhere), but the happy invitation to dancers to get out on the floor is irresistable. McBride's bass solo may be the best one using a bow that I've ever heard.
If all tracks on this CD were as fun as the first, the album would easily rate five stars. But I was not as disappointed with the rest of the CD as I was afraid I'd be. The title tune, third in order, was nice, and some of the other cuts were enjoyable, including the Will Downing vocal. Though he mostly sings ballads and is often heard on the so-called "smooth jazz" stations (which play too much music that isn't jazz at all), Downing's style is distinctive enough and his vocal work impressive enough to qualify him as a bonafide jazz singer.
Those hoping to hear George Clinton- or Bootsie Collins-style funk may be a bit disappointed, but if you can just take the "funk" cuts as they are, they are enjoyable enough. My biggest diappointment was with a couple of slow, backgroundy-sounding cuts that would fit right in on a "smooth jazz" station.
Overall, this is a good "starter CD" for those just getting into REAL contemporary jazz, as it features a diversity of modern styles.
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