 Исполнитель: Christian McBride Big Band Название альбома: Bringin’ It Год выпуска: 2017 Формат файлов: mp3/320 kbps Размер архива: 157,96mb Скачать с: dfiles.ru
2 Thermo 5:59
3 Youthful Bliss 6:59
4 I Thought About You 6:09
5 Sahara 10:09
6 Upside Down 4:43
7 Full House 6:25
8 Mr. Bojangles 6:16
9 Used 'Ta Could 4:37
10 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 3:55
11 Optimism 7:06
Christian McBride: bass; Steve Wilson: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Todd Bashore: alto saxophone, flute, piccolo; Ron Blake: tenor saxophone, flute; Dan Pratt: tenor saxophone, flute; Carl Maraghi: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Frank Greene: trumpet; Freddie Hendrix: trumpet; Brandon Lee: trumpet; Nabate Isles: trumpet; Steve Davis: trombone (11); Michael Dease: trombone; Joe McDonough: trombone (1-10); James Burton: trombone; Douglas Purviance: bass trombone; Xavier Davis: piano; Quincy Phillips: drums; Rodney Jones: guitar; Melissa Walker: vocals (6, 8); Brandee Younger: harp (10).
Mack Avenue Records II, LLC
Christian McBride’s second big-band album, 2017’s Bringin’ It, is a robust, swaggeringly performed set of originals and standards showcasing his deft arranging skills and his ensemble’s exuberant virtuosity. The album comes six years after his previous big-band outing, The Good Feeling, and once again finds the bassist conscripting a slew of his talented cohorts (some new, others returning), including saxophonists Steve Wilson and Ron Blake, trombonist Steve Davis, trumpeters Freddie Hendrix and Brandon Lee, pianist Xavier Davis, drummer Quincy Phillips, and others. Together, they make a swinging, dynamic sound that brings to mind the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra of the 1960s and Charles Mingus’ various big-band recordings. It should be noted that both of those ensembles continue to live on as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Mingus Big Band, and McBride’s group matches their high artistic legacies.
This is partly due to his own virtuosic skill and anchoring presence throughout all of Bringin’ It, and is true whether he is laying down a thick, groove-based funk pattern, as on the opening “Gettin’ to It,” or providing the steady footing for saxophonist Wilson’s guttural, bluesy introduction on “Used ‘Ta Could.” That said, while he certainly takes his share of solos on Bringin’ It, McBride’s focus as an arranger is clearly trained on providing his bandmates with a solid framework for their own improvisational talents. Fat-toned trumpeter Freddie Hendrix is particularly showcased, launching skyward out of blast of brassy fire on “Gettin’ to It” and skillfully surfing the band’s angular harmonic waves on Freddie Hubbard’s “Thermo.” Similarly, pianist Davis emerges from the band’s theatrical skronks and ersatz animal noises on McCoy Tyner’s “Sahara” with a titanic roil of thickly chorded notes like a ship on a boiling sea. Elsewhere, McBride reveals his more urbane inclinations, showcasing vocalist Melissa Walker on the sparkling bossa nova number “Upside Down” and his sprightly take on Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles,” while “I Thought About You” and “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” are both sweeping, gorgeously arranged ballads.
With Bringin’ It, McBride has ultimately crafted a big-band album that retains all of his own formidable, exuberant characteristics.
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