Christian Mcbride - A Family Affair

The theory says that to start to listen and understand Jazz, one should begin by the beginning (like everything else I suppose), meaning to pick those first jazz albuns from Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong and work your way to these days.



Well, that being said, this was the Jazz album that got me really into it, and it seems still a good introduction to the whole thing. Christian Mcbride (one of the new generation bass players that is most acclaimed and sought by) blends jazz with R&B, soul and funk in a cool way, while at the same time never lets us forget that it's still a Jazz record. Some of the last tracks might be a bit hard to digest, but they're a good way to step into the world of Free Jazz, so in this case, all good dids go unpunished