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Christian Lee McBride (* 31. Mai 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ist ein amerikanischer Jazz-Bassist. McBride spielte in seiner Schulzeit Rhythm and Blues auf dem elektrischen Bass, bevor er sich dem akustischen Bass und der Jazzmusik zuwandte. Ab 1989 studierte er an der Juilliard School of Music. Danach spielte er kurze Zeit mit den Bands von Bobby Watson, Benny Golson, Roy Hargrove und Freddie Hubbard, tourte mit dem Benny Green Trio und trat mit Ray Brown beim Monterey Jazz Festival 1994 auf. 1995 nahm er sein erstes Album als Bandleader auf und tourte danach mit der eigenen Band. Für Wynton Marsalis...

Taking his first steps onto the scene back in 2000, Christian snuck into the back room of a underground nightclub that some friends of his had rented for the evening to host a jazz night. There in the back was an abandoned DJ booth. Having tried, and failed miserably, to mix together ATB’s “9 P.M.” and the Matt Darey remix of Blockster’s “Grooveline”, Christian was hooked. He returned to Sweden for a one-week vacation, purchased a mixer and a deck, some 30 records and returned to Beijing. That following Thursday he auditioned at the now legendary Club VOGUE (88) and...

Christian Vander (aka Zëbëhn Straïn dë Ğeuštaah; born February 21, 1948) is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma, who sing their songs in Kobaïan, his constructed language. Besides his work with Magma, he has also performed solo, with the Christian Vander Trio and Christian Vander Quartet, and in Offering. Vander was born in Nogent-sur-Marne. He is known both for his unique songwriting and his virtuosic drumming. His compositions fuse jazz, rock, classical and opera influences, and draw on the work of musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Carl Orff. Vander's music is broadly classified as...

The Swiss harpsichordist Christiane Jaccottet (1937 - 1999) came from a musical family and began studying piano at the age of four. She continued her studies at the Conservatory at La-Chaux-de-Fonds and then the Viennese Musical Academy. At the age of 20, she won a competition sponsored by ARD Television in Munich. She developed her approach to performing on period instruments under Gustav Leonhardt. In 1964, she won the Soloist's Prize from the Swiss Music Society, and the following year she won the prize for harpsichord and basso continuo at the First International Music Competition in Bruges. Christiane Jaccottet has...