Jazz Line-Up - Christian McBride/European Jazz Orchestra

Julian Joseph talks to in-demand bassist Christian McBride about his new band's first album, Inside Straight. A musician who has long played with an acoustic line-up, McBride has united pianist Eric Reed, alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, drummer Carl Allen, and vibraphonist and former pupil of his Warren Woolf for an album of hard swing jazz and blues groove. Plus a concert given by the European Jazz Orchestra, one of the most ambitious musical projects that the European Broadcasting Union has created. A minimum of 19 players from as many European countries assemble under the direction of a host nation (this year Romania) who appoint a musical director and commission music for the band. The musicians then tour around Europe for two weeks ending with one concert that is recorded for European Radio broadcast. The musical director is Romanian-born Peter Herbolizheimer, who has for the first time introduced Latin percussion and three vocalists to the line-up. Playlist: Title: The Breeze and I Artist: The Edie Thompson Trio (Eddie Thompson - piano, Len Skeat - bass, Jim Hall - drums) Album: The Unforgettable 1982 Concert Label: HEP CD 2094 Track: 1 Comp: Lucuona/Stillman Publ: MCPS Dur: 6m44s Title: Brother Mister Artist: Christian McBride (Christian McBride - bass, Carl Allen - drums, Eric Scott Reed - piano, Steve Wilson, saxophone, Warren Wolf, Jr - vibes) Album: Kind of Brown Label: Mack Avenue MAC 1047 Track: 1 Comp: Christian McBride Publ: Tonichris Music (BMI) Dur: 4m51s Title: Starbeam Artist: Christian McBride (Christian McBride - bass, Carl Allen - drums, Eric Scott Reed - piano, Steve Wilson - saxophone, Warren Wolf, Jr - vibes) Album: Kind of Brown Label: Mack Avenue MAC 1047 Track: 4 Comp: Christian McBride Publ: Tonichris Music (BMI) Dur: 6m28s Title: Theme from Kareem Artist: Christian McBride (Christian McBride - bass, Carl Allen - drums, Eric Scott Reed - piano, Steve Wilson - saxophone, Warren Wolf, Jr - vibes) Album: Kind of Brown Label: Mack Avenue MAC 1047 Track: 2 Comp: Freddy Hubbard Publ: Hubtones Music Co.(BMI) Dur: 7m52s Title: Uncle James Artist: Christian McBride Christian McBride (Christian McBride - bass, Carl Allen - drums, Eric Scott Reed - piano, Steve Wilson - saxophone, Warren Wolf, Jr - vibes) Album: Kind of Brown Label: Mack Avenue MAC 1047 Track: 8 Comp: Christian McBride Publ: Tonichris Music (BMI) Dur: 5m20s European Broadcast Union Concert Set, recorded at the A-Trane Jazz Club in Bucharest on May 7th 2009: Jacek Onuszkiewicz (lead trumpet) - Sweden Jurgen Martl (lead trumpet) - Austria Neyko Bodurov (trumpet) - Bulgaria Tobias Wiklund (trumpet) - Denmark Zvonimir Bajevic (trumpet) - Croatia Lovro Ravbar (lead alto saxophone) - Slovenia Manuel Gesseney (alto saxophone) - Switzerland Alexandru Simu (lead tenor saxophone) - Romania Frederick Menzies (tenor saxophone) - Denmark Andre Roligheten (baritone saxophone) - Norway Jan Jirucha (lead trombone) - Czech Republic Stephan Ringmey (trombone) - Norway Bastien Ballaz (trombone) - France Andre Jensen (bass trombone) - Denmark Max Frankl (guitar) - Germany Kristjan Randalu (piano) - Estonia Brandi Disterheft (bass) - Canada Hanne Pulli (drums) - Finland Farouk Gomati (percussion) - Germany Maaike den Dunnen (vocals) - The Netherlands Marina Satti (vocals) - Greece Title: Neilsson Cadenza Blues Artist: European Jazz Orchestra 2009 Comp: Eddie Daniels/Peter Herbolzheimer Dur: 5m52s Title: The Duke Artist: European Jazz Orchestra 2009 Comp: Dave Brubeck, arr Herbolzheimer Dur: 5m13s Title: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning Artist: European Jazz Orchestra 2009 Comp: Dave Mann Dur: 3m45s Title: Nefertiti Artist: European Jazz Orchestra 2009 Comp: Wayne Shorter, arr Peter Herbolzheimer Dur: 8m41s Title: Mixolydian Highlander Artist: European Jazz Orchestra 2009 Comp: Peter Herbolzheimer (arr PH) Dur: 6m Title: If There's a Sky Above Artist: Alan Barnes (Alan Barnes - saxes, Harry Allen - Sax, John Pearce - piano, Dave Chamberlain - double bass, Bobby Worth - drums) Album: Barnestorming Label: Woodville Records WBVCD 115 Track: 4 Comp: Harry Allen Publ: Woodville Records Dur: 4m56s.