Christian McBride's New Jawn: Tiny Desk Concert
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Suraya Mohamed | August 30, 2023
The start is chaotic for sure, but that's the intent. Two minutes of craziness is an accurate description of the intro and outro of "Head Bedlam." "A sonic description of us looking at Twitter particularly during the pandemic," leader Christian McBride explains after the first tune of his Tiny Desk set, "when you put your phone down, that's when the groove starts."
The groove is funky too. For almost eight years, McBride and his bandmates - trumpeter Josh Evans, Marcus Strickland on woodwinds and drummer Nasheet Waits - have been playing exploratory post-bop music without a polyphonic instrument - one that can easily play more than one note at a time - like a piano or a guitar. This makes for a genuinely distinct sound, one that's less dependent on strict harmonic understructures and more creative interplay between instrumentalists.
Strickland wrote the soulful second song, "Prime," which is also the title track to the group's second album released earlier this year. You can hear each player's personality shine through their instruments as they support one other with an impeccable demonstration of the call and response method. Towards the end, Waits' explosive drum solo is quite extraordinary.
The last song, "Walkin' Funny" is a bluesy swinger from the band's first album. McBride anchors the piece with his signature thumping bass style and a fantastic solo - just try and tap your foot along with the crazy meter changes that are unpredictable but fun.
SET LIST
"Head Bedlam"
"Prime"
"Walkin' Funny"
MUSICIANS
Christian McBride: bass
Josh Evans: trumpet
Marcus Strickland: tenor sax, bass clarinet
Nasheet Waits: drums
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Director: Joshua Bryant
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Editor: Mitra I. Arthur
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Zayrha Rodriguez
Production Assistant: Sofia Seidel
Photographer: Catie Dull
Tiny Desk Team: Kara Frame, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#christianmcbride #tinydesk #nprmusic
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The worst feeling is getting an ad break mid-song when the groove is stanking at its peak 🥲
@cooldebt
9 ай бұрын
Aaaargh….it happened again!
@bubsadoozy
9 ай бұрын
Put a " - " (dash) between the t and the u in the address bar and hit enter.
NPR, is there any chance we can have this, and other Tiny Desks, available on Spotify? The Sound Engineering is top tier and some of these performances are really unique, it's a shame they are limited to KZread. Would be a real treat 🤍
@Matarman
10 ай бұрын
I like most of these better than the studio versions tbh.
@jacobburkhartmusic8483
10 ай бұрын
They should just launch their own streaming service. No need for Spotify.
@Hebsparks
10 ай бұрын
Didn’t there used to be an NPR music app ? Can’t remember now but I swear there was 🤔
@TH-lo8mq
10 ай бұрын
Post-covid era, I'm finding the vocals quieter than before. I thought they were perfect before, but now get a little drowned out. Is it just me?
@shinji2001xyz
10 ай бұрын
Do you mean, like, KZread music ? 🙃
McBride...The MAN!! Seen him live a bunch. Met him and Ray Brown at Jazz Alley back in the day. Thank you for the music
Finally a drummer plays the fcking drums on a tiny desk concert! And with a masterful touch throughout. Happened one other time from my memory. THANK YOU Mr. Waits
Christian McBride is easily one of my favorite composers out there right now. Unreal.
Jazz was, Jazz is, Jazz will ever be.
Unbelievable how hip and relevant Mr McBride keeps on being... NPR, bravo!
This was amazing. Jazz, I feel, is a particular genre that suits NPR like a satin glove. Now all we need is a pure improv session, like a: Makaya Mccraven set. And we’ll be shot through the stratosphere. Jazz needs the love, and representation❣️
I have been watching Tiny Desk for many years and you have introduced me to so much great music. But this Christian McBride set stands out as one of the best. Fantastic! Thanks for doing what y’all do.
Slay. Showing this to my students today.
This drummer 🔥🔥🔥
Mr McBride is one of the most efficient bassists this planet has ever seen. His Live at the Tonic album remains a fusion classic!
6:54 Prime 11:30 drum solo 🥁 (Prime) 14:24 Walkin' Funny 🚶 17:18 bass solo (Walkin' Funny)
Brilliant band, the interplay between Nasheet and Christian is telepathic
@peterbadore1338
9 ай бұрын
If the last number isn't an indication, I don't know what is.
Now this concert is simply such a lot of fun. It's rather simple: you take four guys and let them play ... Only problem is they have to be really, really good, they have to listen to each other, they have to be on a very high level and - they have to have Christian as the leader ... Maybe a very tough call, but the result here is excellent. What a great band - Thank you very much! As always, a big thank you to the sound engineers and of course to Bob and his crew.
YEAH!❤ High level improvised music for soul & heart & mind with groove. Vitamin jazz for a gooood day.
"Jawn" legendary Philly term.
@nickolasfunk1019
10 ай бұрын
The universal pronoun
@c.r.harris
10 ай бұрын
Represent !!!
Yazzzzzz!!!!!! Legend of our instrument. 🤘💙 to this day, I love playing his arrangement of “Stars Fell On Alabama” on upright. I appreciate the Twitter reference. I quit the platform for good in April of this year. I have no other social media. Put the phone down, and let life groove.
Love the bass clarinet! Ooooooh yeah!
Thanks for including these excellent musicians in your presentations. Their talent & playing is fire. Drummer Watts is just stellar. Love me some New Jawn.
Strickland makes me want to buy a bass clarinet so bad. Bennie maupin, Eric Dolphy, and Marcus Strickland have to be some of the most killing to ever play it
@TiqueO6
7 ай бұрын
You might want to look up my friend and colleague Randy McKean he also plays a contra alto clarinet for a bit now.
Saw them perform earlier this year and I truly appreciated it 💓
Oh what a pleasure! What a group of masters, so good! I first encountered CMB when he was playing with the much missed George Duke Trio, and for me the Zappa-esque improvisations they did with Ronald Bruner Jr. tie well into this composed, but very organic rhythm-changing… this is an absolute delight! Thank you so much!
Josh Evans sounds incredible on this definitely gonna go back and transcribe some stuff he's playing.
what a terrific show. wow. love the variety of music you showcase
THIS!! ALL OF THIS!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This was such a high level of jazz through and through! Love the crazy time changes in "Walking Funny".
What a band! Superb sound...all without keys too!
King Rogosin delivers a mix to sustain his people, yet again!
love these guys
Evans is at his best this group, Evans and Strickland make great sounds together. McBride and Waits are peerless.
👏🏾👏🏾
The mind of McBride when creating music is phenomenal 🙌🏾
Wonderful
One of my favorite albums this year
The best thing Christian's ever done IMO. Saw them at the end of March in Geneva, NY. A fantastic night!
geez I have never been able to connect with this kind of music...it all just sounds so chaotic to me yet people seem to love it, I really wish I could get into it. It starts really grooving then it is like it derails for me.
@ScottDuncan53
9 ай бұрын
Maybe our comments should be articulate briefly then gibberish for a while.
So hip- what a great gift this morning
Love this so much!!!!
Amazing set
Wow! Thanks for posting this.
Love it
Tiny Desk Team, thank you for your amazing work!
yasssssss thank u
Never clicked so fast
Best tiny desk yet!
Absolutely 100% greatness. I've only listened to this once, so that could be an underestimation.
@cooldebt
9 ай бұрын
Agree - and I haven’t even finished watching yet!
The sound quality is amazing
@donwarner6925
10 ай бұрын
That’s Tiny Desk for ya.
Excellent!!
Stellar!
You better play those drums. 🥁👏👏👏
Ad break before the turnaround in the blues is hilarious
Oh man.. it turns out I really needed that ❤
"Walkin' Funny" is hilarious, with the changing tempos and rhythms, captures the description of the tipsy person perfectly!
Wow! A fully ripe and wonderful groove!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I thoroughly enjoyed this song!❤
Merveille !!!!!! Merci !!!!
His playing on George Duke's Face the Music album was amazing, especially "Ten Mile Jog"!! Christian is a beast!!!
@myjazzvibes
10 ай бұрын
My fav
Soon as I click I heard "Hot Lips Hannigan -The Flintstones: Season 1, Episode 2" You guys are groovy!
Brilliance!
Perfection Brother! Awesome Bass Clarinet, and Trumpet Amazing Drum solo! Walking Funny is so on point! 😂❤! Nice borrowed Bass! Love you Sir ❤️🙏❤️
instant classssic! so iconic
Just marvelous, all star lineup! Great job guys
Walkin' Funny is sooooo Dolphy. Love it.
@anthonysantiagomd8292
9 ай бұрын
Excellent reference - I agree - you can hear the spirit of Eric Dolphy "walkin" thru the piece.
@rinahall
9 ай бұрын
prove it@@anthonysantiagomd8292
At first, thought I was listening to the soundtrack of The Incredibles movie. Quality sound 👏🏽
Lets gooo 🔥
Nasheet "Sheet" Waits still killin' it! Funky and fun as ever!
Cool Christian's colors are the same as bass' body and fingerboard!
Very good Performance
This is BEYOND cool 🧊
Epic adventure
how super exciting to get a notification that includes both "Tiny Desk Concert" and "Christian McBride" wow
They are tight. That Josh Evans is no joke.
THIS IS FIRE!!!!🔥 🔥🔥
Inspirational
What a line up 🔥🔥🔥
Big cats at it 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Sweet
Christian is a legend. He was the main Bass guy with Pat Metheny for many years. Smooth!!! Very much more funky than his work with Metheny. Like Old School West Coast Jazz
Fire 🔥 📛
excellent.
C-l-a-s-s-I-c----❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥
Great vibe! Also, Mr. Marcus Strickland looks like a Final Fantasy series character.
@cooldebt
9 ай бұрын
LOL. But seriously, for Final Fantasy + jazz + clarinet, you might like to check out The Consouls’ cover of Celes Theme (all their other FF jazz covers have sax or guitar). Their other vgm jazz covers are also a blast.
@lucasrebischke
9 ай бұрын
@@cooldebt Thank you for the sugestion 🙏🏻
vibe
Encore Encore 👍🏾👍🏾✌🏾😁
🔥
What a great tune "walking funny" is! Well done!
Never seen fret markers on an upright bass before. They look cool whether or not they are functional
Reminds me of The Dave Holland Quartet's Conference Of the Birds (which is a desert island disc for me). Stellar.
Bass clarinet, oh, yes.🎶
❤❤❤
Whew!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🙏🏾
PHILLYS PHINEST! WADDUP! 🙏
Really reminds me of Charles Mingus!!
JAZZ DO IT!
😮❤️
👏👏👏👏
yes!!! more of this. just bring christian in for every tcd. so cool to hear marcus on b clar. 10/10