Review by Matt Collar
Having spent most of his time since the late '90s re-appropriating pop, funk, rock, and fusion elements into his progressive jazz albums, bassist Christian McBride makes a joyously off the cuff return to straight-ahead acoustic jazz on 2006's New York Time. Working here with the seasoned rhythm section giants of pianist Cedar Walton and drummer Jimmy Cobb as well as an equally engaging contemporary, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, McBride has crafted a back-to-basics album that, while firmly in the mainstream jazz tradition, works to remind listeners why they dug him in the first place. New York Time is as creatively inspired, forward-thinking, and unexpected as 2000's Sci-Fi and 2003's Vertical Vision are with their mix of electronic-funk and angular, postmodern jazz, and McBride can't escape the fact that his true gift is for swaggering, double-breasted, no holds barred, late-night, straight-ahead modern jazz. Primarily, it's his big, full, commanding double-bass tone that not only drives his bandmates forward, but buoys them on fat swells of sound. It's that natural acoustic tone and earthy pulse of McBride that fit so well with this kind of no-fuss jazz. It's also that sound, paired with the soulfully urbane and elegantly muscular chops of Walton, Cobb, and Jackson, that makes New York Time a jazz lover's dream.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-york-time-mw0000559290
Reseña de Matt Collar
Habiendo pasado la mayor parte de su tiempo desde finales de los 90 reapropiándose del pop, funk, rock y elementos de fusión en sus álbumes de jazz progresivo, el bajista Christian McBride hace un alegre retorno al jazz acústico en el 2006 en el New York Time. Trabajando aquí con los gigantes de la sección rítmica del pianista Cedar Walton y el baterista Jimmy Cobb, así como con el igualmente atractivo saxofonista tenor contemporáneo Javon Jackson, McBride ha creado un álbum de vuelta a lo básico que, si bien está firmemente en la tradición del jazz convencional, trabaja para recordar a los oyentes por qué lo encontraron en primer lugar. New York Time está tan inspirado creativamente, con visión de futuro e inesperado como lo están Sci-Fi de 2000 y Vertical Vision de 2003 con su mezcla de electrónica-funk y jazz postmoderno angular, y McBride no puede escapar al hecho de que su verdadero don es para el jazz moderno fanfarrón, de doble pecho, sin restricciones, nocturno y directo. Principalmente, es su gran, completo y dominante tono de contrabajo lo que no sólo impulsa a sus compañeros de banda, sino que los hace girar sobre grandes oleadas de sonido. Es ese tono acústico natural y el pulso terrenal de McBride que encajan tan bien con este tipo de jazz sin complicaciones. También es ese sonido, emparejado con las conmovedoras y musculosas chuletas de Walton, Cobb y Jackson, lo que hace del New York Time un sueño para los amantes del jazz.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-york-time-mw0000559290
Tracks:
1 - Newest Blues - 5:43
2 - Sixth Ave - 6:03
3 - My Shining Hour - 5:27
4 - Notes In Three - 5:30
5 - In The Kitchen - 6:44
6 - Naima - 6:18
7 - Grove - 5:30
8 - Whisper Not - 5:38
9 - Diane - 6:04
10 - Made For Joe - 6:07
Credits:
Bass – Christian McBride
Drums – Jimmy Cobb
Executive-Producer – Norman Chesky
Liner Notes – Howard Mandel
Piano – Cedar Walton
Producer – David Chesky, Eleana Steinberg-Tee
Recorded By, Edited By, Mastered By – Nicholas Prout
Tenor Saxophone – Javon Jackson
Notes:
Recorded January 31, 2006
Label: Chesky Records – SACD314, Chesky Records – SACD 314
Series: The New York Sessions –
Released: 2006
Genre: Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/Christian-McBride-Javon-Jackson-Jimmy-Cobb-Cedar-Walton-New-York-Time/release/4314706
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