Christian McBride New Quintet

8-time Grammy Award -winner Christian McBride brings his new, versatile quintet to Europe. This new group straddles McBride’s acoustic jazz and his singular funk-filled fusion. 

Bassist and former SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Christian McBride is widely regarded as the standard-bearer for jazz bassists in the 21st century.

In April 2024 he brings to Europe his new project — a quintet of rising young master instrumentalists including saxophonist Nicole Glover, guitarist Ely Perlman, pianist Mike King, and Oakland-born drummer Savannah Harris.

Among the most recorded artists in jazz history, McBride has appeared on well over 300 sessions by many of the most illustrious figures in jazz, including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, and Pat Metheny, while also collaborating with artists as diverse as Kathleen Battle, Sting and Questlove of The Roots.

The bassist has led a procession of diverse groups in the studio and on tour since the mid-90s, most recently his hard-swinging Inside Straight quintet featuring SFJAZZ Collective vibraphonist Warren Wolf, and the Christian McBride Big Band, whose 2011 release The Good Feeling won that year’s GRAMMY for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. With this fresh new quintet, as with all his projects, McBride brings a kaleidoscopic musical vision and a restless drive for fresh avenues of expression.

McBride, double bass
Nicole Glover, saxophone
Ely Perlman, guitar
Mike King, keys
Savannah Harris, drums

Tickets €45/40 + order fees (from €1.50), Lippu.fi
Duration approx. 1h 30min, no intermission

Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural Centre
Kulttuuriaukio 2, 02100 Espoo (Google Maps / HSL Journey Planner)