Christian McBride is a five-time Grammy Award winning bassist/composer and the host of NPR’s Jazz Night in America. He has been artist-in-residence and artistic director with organizations such as the Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz Aspen, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and The Jazz Museum in Harlem. McBride also fronts the Christian McBride Big Band, whose Mack Avenue recording The Good Feeling won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2012.