Christian McBride

WRTI's own Josh Lee leads two bands this coming weekend, while Christian McBride brings the funk and Carlos Niño taps into the cosmos.

Bassist Christian McBride has formed a new band, Ursa Major, around an ideal of stylistic flexibility. It features younger players who grew up watching his peer group stretch, as he explains in this conversation with WRTI's Nate Chinen.

Superhero bassist Christian McBride returns to the 215, and our own J. Michael Harrison celebrates 30 years on the air, in this week's Moment's Notice.

The Grammy-winning bassist, bandleader and broadcaster talks about his love for music, family ties in the jazz world, and the thrill of sitting in with Wynton Marsalis as a teenager.

This unpredictable, funky set showcases the distinctive creative interplay between each player's personality.

A few years ago, two generations of great Philadelphia bassists, Christian McBride and Lee Smith, sat down with J. Michael Harrison at WRTI to talk shop and catch up. We're sharing it now as a Father's Day treat.

"BP with the GM" won the Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting, among other honors in the 2023 JJA Jazz Awards.

Among the two dozen or so artists honored with a 2023 JJA Jazz Award, a few stand out for dominant wins in multiple categories.

Penn Live Arts has announced its 2023-24 season, featuring concerts by The Crossing, the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Cécile McLorin Salvant and much more.

With headliners like Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Kamasi Washington and Jon Batiste, the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival suggests a barometer of the music's mainstream.