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Christian McBride, Vertical Vision
Audio CD
Disk ID: 195725
Disk length: 48m 53s (9 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2003
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Circa 1990 | 0:16 |
| 2. Technicolor Nightmare | 8:28 |
| 3. Tahitian Pearl | 6:28 |
| 4. The Wizard Of Montara | 3:41 |
| 5. The Ballad Of The Little Girl Dancer | 5:42 |
| 6. Lejos De Usted | 4:54 |
| 7. Precious One | 5:57 |
| 8. Song For Maya | 4:11 |
| 9. Boogie Woogie Waltz | 9:10 |
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Review
Vertical Vision is bassist Christian McBride's Warner Bros. debut. Equally adept on acoustic and electric, McBride is a long-running Sting sideman, as well as a member of the late Ray Brown's inspirational SuperBass trio. Christian's own band is a very stable unit, its rapport thoroughly road-tested. The disc opens with a brief burst of 78rpm crackling, before McBride abruptly rips that old shellac off the player and substitutes the heavy-rockin' funk of his "Technicolor Nightmare." Both McBride and keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer are fond of convoluted melody lines, but their prettiness is usually scarred by the serrated surfaces turned out by saxophonist Ron Blake and guitarist David Gilmore (not the member of Pink Floyd). It's Keezer's ballad tendencies that most retain their smooth sheen. McBride's "The Wizard of Montara" is short and boppish, while his "Ballad of Little Girl Dancer" is the funkiest number, loaded up with chirping synths. Other highlights are the intricate "Lejos de Usted" and Joe Zawinul's "Boogie Woogie Waltz," where McBride gets to burn up his own fingers. This whole disc is very much in thrall to swirling 1970s fusion, and given a hard, dense production style that sometimes errs towards dulled and muted, particularly with the brutal rock heaviness of Terreon Gully's drums. This muscular delivery of sometimes lightweight tunes manages to convey a mixed message of risk-taking danger and commercial adaptability. --Martin LongleyThe most acclaimed acoustic and electric bassist to emerge from the jazz world in the 90s -named Hot Jazz Artist in Rolling Stone magazine's annual 'Hot' issue. His recording and performance resume also features intriguing cross-genre collaborations with DJ Logic and The Roots. Specially enhanced CD features an interview with Mc Bride and a video of 'Boogie Woogie Waltz' (live). Warner. 2003.
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Tracks: 8 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 48m 51s (-1m 58s)
Tracks: 10 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 7m 27s (+18m 34s)
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