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Christian McBride On Groove – The No Treble Podcast

Christian McBride is this month’s conversation on Groove – The No Treble Podcast.

You can listen the new episode right here: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #49 – Christian McBride.

Who is Christian McBride?

Christian McBride is the renaissance man of the bass. The six-time Grammy winning bassist is powered by a relentless drive to keep the instrument and his love of jazz alive for one and all. He works at a frenetic pace in a myriad of ways. The Philadelphia native has done more for the instrument than most. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings. Christian was named to the position of Creative Chair for Jazz with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was signed to a two-year contract that was renewed for an additional two years (he was succeeded by Herbie Hancock in 2010). In 1997, he spoke on former President Bill Clinton‘s town hall meeting, Racism in the Performing Arts. He has since been named Artistic Director of the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Summer Sessions, co-director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, the Second Creative Chair for Jazz of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and Artistic Advisor for Jazz Programming at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Currently he hosts and produces The Lowdown – Conversations With Christian on SiriusXM satellite radio and National Public Radio’s Jazz Night in America. Rounding this out is his work with Jazz House Kids – a community arts organization founded by his wife, vocalist Melissa Walker and dedicated to educating children through jazz. And, Christian is not just about jazz music. From R&B (Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, James Brown) to pop/rock (Sting, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby) to hip-hop (The Roots, D’Angelo, Queen Latifah) to classical (Kathleen Battle, Edgar Meyer, Shanghai Quartet, Sonus Quartet), he is a bassist in high demand, and is always looking to reach higher heights. Most recently, he released Christian McBride’s New Jawn. Enjoy the conversation…

Listen in: Groove – The No Treble Podcast – Episode #49 – Christian McBride.

What is Groove – The No Treble Podcast?

This is an ambitious effort. This will be a fascinating conversation. Our goal at Groove is to build the largest oral history of bass players. Why Groove? Most of the content about the bass revolves around gear, playing techniques, and more technical chatter. For us, bassists are creative artists with stories to tell. They are a force to be reckon with. These are the stories and conversation that we will capture. To create this oral history of why these artists chose the bass, what their creative lives are like, and where inspiration can be found.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.