Christian McBride

On Friday, June 20^th  Roscoe’s Room welcomes bassist extraordinaire Christian McBride. One of the most important and omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years, McBride has a staggering list of accomplishments: As a sideman he has worked with the best of the very best, including Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny. In the r&b world he’s played and arranged for Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, and the one-and-only James Brown. In pop/rock music he has collaborated with Sting, Carly Simon, Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby.  And in the hip-hop neo-soul world he has worked with Roots, D’Angelo, and Queen Latifah. And then there are his collaborations with opera legend Kathleen Battle, bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer, the Shanghai Quartet and the Sonus Quartet. A co-Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem he is also second Creative Chair for Jazz of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. One of the most recorded musicians of his generation, he is a three-time Grammy winner. Two seatings, 7:30 and 9:30 PM; tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door,  $20 for students with valid ID. For advance ticket sales call 800-956-1554 or visit http://www.gjpservices.com/Jazz—Roscoe-s-Room—June.html