109 Cheese & Wine Evening of Art, Wine and Jazz
Join us in the lobby at 7:15pm for wine tasting courtesy of 109 Cheese & Wine and an art exhibit by Roy Weinstein, Ridgefield Guild of Artists member
2016 Grammy Award Winner for Best Improvised Jazz Solo “Cherokee” – bassist extraordinaire, composer, arranger, educator, curator and 5-time Grammy Award winner, Christian McBride returns to the Playhouse! With pianist Christian Sands and drummer Jerome Jennings, McBride has been one of the most important and most ubiquitous figures in the jazz world for more than 20 years. He has worked with the very best Jazz artists – Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, J.J. Johnson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny. He’s also made contributions in the R&B world, he’s not only played with, but also arranged for Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Lalah Hathaway, and the one and only Godfather of Soul, James Brown. In the pop/rock world, he’s collaborated with Sting, Carly Simon, Don Henley, and Bruce Hornsby. In the hip-hop/neo-soul world, he’s collaborated with the Roots, D’Angelo, and Queen Latifah. He’ll perform his wide repertoire along with his new album, Live at the Village Vanguard, here at the Playhouse!