Number Two Express

Christian McBride | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 16, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000004714
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,990 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars working with the best, November 6, 2007

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Case Quarter (CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Number Two Express (Audio CD)

tracks feature trios, quartets, a quintet, and on the last track a duet. the three songs not written by mcbride are piano trios, mcbride, dejohnette on drums, and chick corea on piano on corea's tones for joan's bones, and mcbride, dejohnette and kenny baron on piano on wayne shorter's miyako and ornette coleman's jayne.

alto sax players on different tracks are kenny garrett, who many listeners consider the best alto sax player of this century and the late nineties, and gary bartz, who i consider the best alto sax player of the seventies and late sixties. steve nelson, these days with dave holland's quintet and big band, is on vibes.

the last track, a recording of freddie hubbard's little sunflower, is a duet between mcbride and the french born percussionist, mino cinelu, who has played with miles davis, kenny barron, dave holland and kevin eubanks.

the lineups speak pages for the cd.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What do you mean "Where's No. 1"?, October 18, 2006

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Albert Porter (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Number Two Express (Audio CD)

Frankly, I've always thought this was Christian's most progressive album. It blends the elements far better than I think all of his other ones (including "Live at Tonic"), and I think it's particularly special here because this was very, very early in Christian's development in sticking his feet into different territory. Listen to Divergence and Little Sunflower and pretty much the way Christian blends with Chick Corea and Jack DeJohnette throughout. I thought (and still think) this CD's pretty incredible.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's Number One?, February 1, 2006

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AZ Written "azay" (Redwood City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Number Two Express (Audio CD)

A stellar lineup of players, but nothing special here from Christian McBride on bass. Three tunes in particular do shine for him: Miyako, Grove, and the perenial Little Sunflower.