Christian McBride - Number Two Express - Music & Performance - CD

McBride's 2nd Verve LP gathers a who's who of veteran and young players to present the next step in this acclaimed musician's career. Christian chose several of his mentors to record Number Two Express, many of whom were associated with Miles Davis; personnel includes Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz, Mino Cinelu, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Garrett and Steve Nelson (this album marks the first time that Corea and DeJohnette have played together since Miles' band).

Christian McBride's second recording as a leader is an all-star affair, matching the young bassist in various combinations with either Kenny Garrett or Gary Bartz on alto, Chick Corea or Kenny Barron on keyboards, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Mino Cinelu. The music ranges from fairly straight-ahead to funky. Both Garrett and Bartz have opportunities to blow hard (pity that they were not teamed up); Chick Corea revives his "Tones for Joan's Bones," and McBride (who contributed all but four of the ten songs) overdubs his basses on Freddie Hubbard's "Little Sunflower." Continually interesting music which contains plenty of variety. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Performer	Christian McBride
Music genre	Jazz
Music release type	Album
Media format	CD
Is collectible	Y
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Whirling Dervish, Youthful Bliss, Tones for Joan's Bones, Egad, Miyako, Divergence, Jayne, A Morning Story, Grove, Little Sunflower
Record label	Polygram Records
Songwriter	Christian Mcbride
Number in series	2
Track name	Whirling Dervish, Youthful Bliss, Tones for Joan's Bones, Egad, Miyako, Divergence, Jayne, A Morning Story, Grove, Little Sunflower
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N