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Kind of Brown (CD)

By: Christian McBride (Artist) and Inside Straight Blues Band (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Kind of Brown (CD) Album By Christian McBride (Artist) and...
1   Brother Mister
2   Theme For Kareem
3   Rainbow Wheel
4   Starbeam
5   Used 'Ta Could
6   Shade of the Cedar Tree, The
7   Pursuit of Peace
8   Uncle James
9   Stick & Move
10   Where Are You?
 

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Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] beguiling straight-ahead session featuring the crystalline vibraphone sound of Warren Wolf Jr."

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Personnel: Christian McBride (bass instrument); Steve Wilson (saxophone); Eric Scott Reed (piano); Warren Wolf, Jr. (vibraphone); Carl Allen (drums).

One might assume that bassist Christian McBride's KIND OF BROWN would be a tribute to Ray Brown. In fact, this music bears a strong resemblance to the late-'60s to mid-'70s Blue Note recordings of the legendary Bobby Hutcherson-Harold Land quintet. A new discovery in vibraphonist Warren Wolf, Jr., teamed with veteran saxophonist Steve Wilson, the wonderful pianist Eric Reed, and drummer Carl Allen makes McBride's quintet Inside Straight one of the more melodically tuneful and harmonically focused contemporary ensembles now playing. McBride is almost an equal in this company, putting aside his furious note playing for a more democratic role in an extraordinarily balanced small combo. The similarities to the Hutcherson-Land group are unmistakable, from the tick-tock rhythm and melodic line similar to Hutch and Herbie Hancock's classic composition "Blow Up" on "Brother Mister" to the steady swinger "Rainbow Wheel" and "Pursuit of Peace," with its probing basslines. The athletic and quirky "Stick and Move" is hard-charging bop at its best with Reed leading. McBride's role as a leader is more pronounced on "Theme for Kareem," an ultra-tight, very hip tune that has potential standard written all over it.

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