Mcbride, Christian Big Band / Bringin' It
Album:Bringin' It Collection:Jazz
Artist:Mcbride, Christian Big Band Added:Aug 2017
Label:Mack Avenue 

A-File Activity
Add Date:2017-09-14 Pull Date:2017-11-16 Charts:Jazz
Week Ending:Nov 12Nov 5Oct 29Oct 22Oct 8Oct 1Sep 24Sep 17
Airplays:11121231

Recent Airplay
1.Aug 09, 2018:No Cover, No Minimum
Sahara
4.Oct 24, 2017:Laptop Radio
I Thought About You, Sahara
2.Nov 07, 2017:Goggles Optional
Youthful Bliss
5.Oct 19, 2017:No Cover, No Minimum
Sahara
3.Oct 31, 2017:Clean Copper Radio Talk & Hot Topics
Optimism, In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, Used Ta Could
6.Oct 17, 2017:Clean Copper Radio & Hot Talk
Gettin' To It

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-09-02 
Reviewed: 2017-09-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none

Review: stellar set of outstanding musicians playing music that both respects the past while looking forward
If You Like: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Duke Ellington (later) Big Band, Ray Brown's Big Band
Track review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ Gettin' To it (6:37) - horns start uptempo funky jam> vibrant trumpet solo> sax solo> tuba solo> crescendo end *2/ Thermo (5:59) - piano starts> uptempo jam> swinging trumpet solo> sax solo> crescendo end *3/ Youthful Bliss (6:59) -horns start> slow tempo jam swings uptempo & back> swings to full tilt jam> sax solo> bass solo> crescendo end 4/ I Thought About You (6:09) - horns start> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> slow fade *5/ Sahara (10:09) - drums start> uptempo jam> swinging piano solo> wailing sax solo> drum solo> fades on short bass solo *6/ Upside Down (4:43) - flutes start> uptempo Latin jazz jam with female vocal> trumpet solo> fade on vocal 7/ Full House (6:25) - horns start> midtempo jam> guitar solo> sax solo> crescendo end 8/ Mr. Bojangles (6:16) - horns start> midtempo jam with smooth female vocal> trumpet solo> quick stop 9/ Used 'Ta Could (4:37) - sax with melodic clapping starts with crowd sounds> midtempo jam> quick stop *10/ In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (3:55) - flutes start> slow tempo jam with strings> orchestral feel> quick stop *11/ Optimism (7:06) - drums start> uptempo jam> quick fade

Track Listing
1.Gettin' To It 6.Upside Down
2.Thermo 7.Full House
3.Youthful Bliss 8.Mr. Bojangles
4.I Thought About You 9.Used Ta Could
5.Sahara 10.In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
 11.Optimism