At the 1991 Newport Jazz Festival, an octet of young artists took the stage. Operating under the name “the Jazz Futures,” their title may have seemed more than a bit presumptuous. Who was to say these particular eight twenty-something-year olds would shape the music in an enduring and meaningful way? But, almost three and a … Continue reading Keeping the Tradition Contemporary: Christian McBride on his Big Band and the 2025 Newport Jazz Festival