Christian McBride & Inside Straight Booked for BDJF 2012!

Posted on January 23, 2012

Aaaaand we’re off! Booking for the 2012 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is underway. On June 8 we’ll welcome the celebrated quintet Christian McBride & Inside Straight to the Flynn MainStage!

For two decades, the staggeringly versatile bassist, composer and educator Christian McBride has traversed the worlds of jazz, R&B and hip hop to play with and arrange for a list of luminaries that includes Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes, James Brown and countless others. He is the charismatic leader of several of his own ensembles, including the amazing group of artists we’ll get a chance to see live this June. Playing with the Grammy^®-winning McBride are Steve Wilson on saxophone, Warren Wolf on vibes, Peter Martin on piano and Carl Allen on drums.

The band’s critically acclaimed 2009 release, Kind of Brown (Mack Avenue Records) and thrilling live performances have unearthed the exhilaration at the heart of their undiluted "straight-ahead" roots for enthusiastic audiences worldwide.

More details will come in the coming weeks. In the meantime, enjoy a sneak peek at this bass master in action:

Christian McBride’s website: http://www.christianmcbride.com/
MySpace page (listen to tracks!): http://www.myspace.com/christianmcbrideband
On NPR’s All Things Considered: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/10/143392216/christian-mcbride-tackling-two-sides-of-jazz-at-once
Christian McBride & Inside Straight performing "Stick & Move" live at the Cotton Club in Tokyo from August 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpZramyYCOM

FYI -- Friends of Discover Jazz at the Messenger Level and above will be able to purchase tickets to Festival performances in advance of the general public! If you haven’t already become a Friend of Discover Jazz for 2012, now is the perfect opportunity! Visit www.discoverjazz.com/friends to support the Festival and the community you love.