Christian McBride Quotes

• Watch your attitude. I don't mean to sound like so much of an old head, but there is another generation behind me, out there, doing it now. I find that, with the whole hip-hop generation, there's a lot of attitude. Whether it's confidence or arrogance or whichever, I will always say to a young guy, “Nobody wants to work with an asshole.” You know, you can still be a great player. You can still play all of the baddest licks in the world. But if you don't have a good attitude, nobody's going to work with you.

  Christian McBride

  Attitude, Mean, Player

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• Make no mistake, this music is for everyone. Jazz is not an exclusive, elite club. Go ahead, listen to your Snoop Doggy Dog, Pearl Jam, Garth Brooks, but add a little Ellington, Basie and Coltrane to your life as well.

  Christian McBride

  Music, Dog, Mistake

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• I've always felt that most jazz artists don't need producers .. most jazz artists know what kind of sound they want. They don't need a producer to come in there and tell them, "Oh, I think you should do this." I've always found it very strange that there's been such a thing as producers in jazz.

  Christian McBride

  Artist, Thinking, Sound

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• For my money, Ray Brown is the greatest living bass player. Every great thing that's happened on bass since Ray Brown -- all of us point back to him. That's where it started, you know. Ray Brown is definitely a walking master, and to get to play with him is obviously an opportunity that no one should ever pass up.

  Christian McBride

  Opportunity, Player, Bass

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• The most significant bands I played in when I first got to New York were Bobby Watson's band, Roy Hargrove's first band, Benny Golson's band, Benny Green's trio, and probably the most significant out of all of those, for me personally, was playing in Freddie Hubbard's band.

  Christian McBride

  New York, Band, Green

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• I'm really not this jazz traditionalist guy you've been making me out to be all of these years.

  Christian McBride

  Years, Guy, Jazz

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• Cuando se piensa en diversidad, George Duke encaja mejor que mucha gente. Ha tocado mucho jazz directo con gente como Nancy Wilson y Cannonball Adderley; ha tocado mucha fusión con sus propios grupos, con Stanley Clarke; y, ya sabes, hizo rock con Frank Zappa. Ha escrito todo tipo de grandes arreglos para gente como Burt Bacharach. Por lo tanto, ha cubierto el tablero. Sigue siendo un gran pianista.

  Christian McBride

  Thinking, Rocks, Diversity

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