''Out Here'' is a studio album by American jazz bassist
Christian McBride
Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner.
McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...
. It was released on via
Mack Avenue
Mack Avenue Records is an independent record label in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
Background
Mack Avenue was founded in 1999 by Gretchen Carhartt Valade, a jazz fan and chair of the American apparel company Carhartt. The company is a sponsor ...
label. This is his twelfth album as a leader.
Reception
Critical reviews were generally favorable, as the album received a score of 79% on
Metacritic
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. Matt Collar of
AllMusic
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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."
Phil Johnson of ''
The Independent
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'' 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".
Track listing
Personnel
;Band
*Christian McBride – bass, producer
*
Christian Sands
Christian Sylvester Sands (born May 22, 1989) is an American jazz pianist and composer. His third album for Mack Avenue Records, ''Be Water'', was released in 2020 and received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Instrumental Composition catego ...
– piano
*
Ulysses Owens
Ulysses Owens Jr. (born December 6, 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American drummer and percussionist.
He was the drummer on vocalist Kurt Elling's Grammy-winning album '' Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hart ...
– drums
;Production
*Randall Kennedy – creative director
*André Kimo Stone Guess – associate producer
*Chi Modu – photography
*Raj Naik – art direction, design
*Al Pryor – A&R
*Will Wakefield – production manager
*Mark Wilder – mastering
Chart performance
References
External links
Christian McBride Discography
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2013 albums
Christian McBride albums
Mack Avenue Records albums