Christian McBride

About

A virtuoso and three-time Grammy Award winner who has recorded more than three hundred works.

Before fame

He attended the Juilliard School for double bass.

Trivia

He played with various bands of well-established musicians in his late teenage years and early twenties, including with Milt Jackson.

Family life

He married Melissa Walker and they established a jazz school in Montclair, New Jersey.

Associated with

He followed Dianne Reeves as the Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.