Christian McBride

Christian McBride is the rare sideman whose name carries the weight of a headliner. More than 400 recordings and eleven Grammys, alongside giants from Herbie Hancock to Wynton Marsalis, speak to a trust the jazz world rarely extends so widely. What I admire most is how he elevated the bass from supporting role to commanding voice without ever betraying its foundational job. Trained at a performing arts high school, fluent on both upright and electric, and now teaching the next generation, he functions as both anchor and ambassador. It is not an exaggeration to say a large part of contemporary jazz rests on his shoulders.

Name (English)

Christian McBride

Name (Japanese)

クリスチャン・マクブライド

Reading

くりすちゃん・まくぶらいど

Born

May 31, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

jazz musician / recording artist / bassist / double-bassist / docent

High school

Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts

• Official sitehttps://www.christianmcbride.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chrmcbride/
• Xhttps://x.com/mcbridesworld
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20McBride
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q732319

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• jazz musician
• recording artist
• bassist

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.