Out Here (Christian McBride album)

Out Here
Studio album by Christian McBride
Released August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
Studio Avatar Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length 65:00
Label Mack Avenue MAC 1069
Producer Christian McBride
Christian McBride chronology
People Music
(2011)People Music2011		 Out Here
(2013)		 Live at the Village Vanguard
(2015)Live at the Village Vanguard2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[2]
AllMusic[3]

Out Here is a studio album by American jazz bassist Christian McBride. It was released on August 6, 2013 via Mack Avenue label.[4] This is his twelfth album as a leader.[5]

Reception

Critical reviews were generally favorable, as the album received a score of 79% on Metacritic. Matt Collar of Allmusic wrote "Christian McBride's second studio album in 2013, Out Here, finds the adept bassist leading his trio through a jaunty, exuberant set of straight-ahead acoustic jazz. The album follows on the heels of his equally as appealing quintet album, People Music. However, where that album found McBride delving into the knotty post-bop sound of artists like '60s Bobby Hutcherson, Out Here is more of a classic standards album in the vein of works by Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington. Joining McBride here is his working trio of pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., who was also featured on People Music. Both Sands and Owens are superb, technically adroit musicians who complement McBride's warm, generous bass playing at every turn on Out Here. What's great about McBride leading his own trio is that because he is fundamentally such a monster of a bassist, he can and does take the lead on any given song just as well, if not better, than many of his non-rhythm section instrument-playing brethren."[6]

Phil Johnson of The Independent stated "Most piano trios in what is now a very crowded market, follow some special programme or USP: getting all trancey, say, or covering tunes by long dead folkies. McBride, who is both the bassist and the boss, doesn't bother, preferring the usual mix of standards and ballads. The result is refreshing but also a bit boring, although things get interesting towards the end with a gooey show-tune ("I Have Dreamed") and a funky "Who's Making Love".[7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ham Hocks and Cabbage"McBride8:25
2."Hallelujah Time"Malcolm Dodds, Harriette Hamilton, Oscar Peterson4:03
3."I Guess I'll Have to Forget"McBride8:26
4."Easy Walker"Billy Taylor6:42
5."My Favorite Things"Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers9:19
6."East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)"Brooks Bowman7:41
7."Cherokee"Ray Noble5:39
8."I Have Dreamed"Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers8:27
9."Who's Making Love"Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis, Raymond Jackson6:18
Total length:65:00

Personnel

Band

Production

  • Randall Kennedy – creative director
  • André Kimo – associate producer
  • Chi Modu – photography
  • Raj Naik – art direction, design
  • Al Pryor – A&R
  • Will Wakefield – production manager
  • Mark Wilder – mastering

References

  1. ↑ "OUT HERE by Christian McBride Trio". Metacritic. metacritic.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Fordham, John (May 20, 2013). "Christian McBride Trio: Out Here – review". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Christian McBride: Out Here". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Out Here". Mack Avenue Records. mackavenue.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Sforza, Luigi (March 14, 2014). "Christian McBride: People Music - Out Here". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Christian McBride: Out Here". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Phil. "Album: Christian McBride Trio, Out Here (Mack Avenue)". The Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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