His 2007 recording, McCoy Tyner Quartet, features Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, and Jeff "Tain" Watts.

NPR: McCoy Tyner On Piano Jazz

He began gigging around town and found work with such established jazz artists as Christian McBride and Russell Malone.

NPR: Robert Glasper on Piano Jazz

Bass player Christian McBride, creative chair for jazz at the L.A. Philharmonic, says nobody writes or plays like McCoy Tyner.

NPR: McCoy Tyner: A Walking Spirit In Concert

One name that comes up in almost any jazz chat right now is Christian McBride, the talented 40-year-old Philadelphia-born bassist not just for his musicianship, but for his burgeoning leadership role.

WSJ: Watching Local Jazz Flicker Back to Life

You got Christian McBride, Joe Sample, George Duke.

NPR: Queen Latifah on 'Trav'lin' Light'

That same evening, another concert will be held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, hosted by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and featuring Richard Bona, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Danilo Perez, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, Zakir Hussain, Angelique Kidjo, Lang Lang, Romero Lubambo, Shankar Mahadevan, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masekela, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Hiromi and others.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN DHAKA