<P> Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American jazz bassist Christian McBride . It was recorded over three consecutive nights in December 2014 at the famous jazz club Village Vanguard in New York City and released on September 18, 2015 (2015 - 09 - 18) via Mack Avenue label . The album is a 2016 Grammy Winner for "Best Improvised Jazz Solo" on "Cherokee". This is the thirteenth full - length album recorded under his leadership . </P> <P> Colin Fleming of JazzTimes noted "Cutting an album at the Village Vanguard is both a rite of passage and an attempt to take one's own place in a particularly hallowed hall of live recordings . But it's evident here, with the opening take of Wes Montgomery's "Fried Pies," that Christian McBride's trio is more than capable of advancing on both fronts . McBride dubs drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. his American Express, as he's loath to leave home without him, and with the kick the man provides it's no wonder . The opener has a taut, bracing solo that pianist Christian Sands helps transition into a percussive duet before the central refrain comes roaring back in, McBride's bass encircling the driving progressions of his counterparts ". </P> <P> On Audiophilia.com Anthony Kershaw wrote "Typical of McBride, the charts are hard driving and swing . There's lots of technique on show, but great musicianship and musicality, too . The audience loves it and you can feel the energy in the room...This album has a lot of his debut album's energy . His improvisational style has developed, especially on ballads, but his ingenue talent was so well defined in 1994 that this album is simply an emphasis on it . There was a lot to love from the beginning . Live at the Village Vanguard has a nice mix of up tempo original charts, standards (The Lady Of My Life, Cherokee, Down By The Riverside), covers and ballads ." </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Writer (s) </Th> <Th> Length </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1 . </Td> <Td> "Fried Pies" </Td> <Td> Wes Montgomery </Td> <Td> 9: 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2 . </Td> <Td> "Band Introduction" </Td> <Td> J.J. Johnson </Td> <Td> 2: 37 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3 . </Td> <Td> "Interlude" </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7: 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 4 . </Td> <Td> "Sand Dune" </Td> <Td> Christian Sands </Td> <Td> 9: 06 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 . </Td> <Td> "The Lady in My Life" </Td> <Td> Rod Temperton </Td> <Td> 6: 55 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 . </Td> <Td> "Cherokee" </Td> <Td> Ray Noble </Td> <Td> 8: 43 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 . </Td> <Td> "Good Morning Heartache" </Td> <Td> Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham </Td> <Td> 10: 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 . </Td> <Td> "Down by the Riverside" </Td> <Td> Traditional </Td> <Td> 6: 48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 . </Td> <Td> "Car Wash" </Td> <Td> Norman Whitfield </Td> <Td> 7: 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Total length: </Td> <Td> 68: 27 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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