Christian McBride has spent his career laying down grooves as a jazz double bassist, appearing on recordings across a wide variety of genres, backing everyone from The Roots to Chaka Khan to Paul McCartney to James Brown. He’s also led his own bands, including Christian McBride’s New Jawn – with whom he’s recently released a new album called Prime. Christian talks about falling in love with jazz and how he thinks about leading a band from the bass player’s position on the next World Cafe.
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