People Music
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{{Infobox album
| name = People Music
| type = studio
| artist = Christian McBride
| cover = People Music - album cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2013|5|14}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Avatar, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=55|s=40}}
| label = Mack Avenue MAC1070
| producer = Christian McBride
| prev_title = Conversations with Christian
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Out Here
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = All About Jazz
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Hunter|first1=J|title=Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/people-music-christian-mcbride-mack-avenue-records-review-by-j-hunter.php|website=All About Jazz|publisher=allaboutjazz.com|accessdate=2 March 2017|date=May 20, 2013}}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Collar|title=Christian McBride: People Music|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/people-music-mw0002521714|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2 March 2017}}
| rev3 = Jazzwise
| rev3score={{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Hobart|first1=Mike|title=Review |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/review-search?searchText=christian+mcbride | website=Jazzwise |accessdate=11 October 2020|date=June 2013 |language=en}}
| rev4 = Sputnikmusic
| rev5 = PopMatters
| rev5score = 7/10{{cite web|last1=HOROWITZ|first1=STEVE|title=Christian McBride and Inside Straight: People Music|url=https://www.popmatters.com/172001-christian-mcbride-and-inside-straight-people-music-2495753164.html|website=PopMatters|publisher=popmatters.com|accessdate=28 May 2018|date=5 June 2013}}
| rev6 = Tom Hull
| rev6score = B+{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Christian McBride |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=christian+mcbride | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=10 July 2020}}
}}
People Music is a studio album by American jazz bassist Christian McBride together with his band Inside Straight. The record was released on {{Start date|2013|5|14}} via the Mack Avenue label.{{cite web|title=CD Review: Christian McBride & Inside Straight - People Music|url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/07/cd-review-christian-mcbride-inside.html|website=London Jazz News|publisher=londonjazznews.com|accessdate=2 March 2017|date=July 31, 2013}}
Background
People Music is the second album for McBride's band Inside Straight. The album comes nearly four years after the band’s debut record, Kind of Brown. The present album features eight original compositions, four of which were written by McBride. His originals include the composition “New Hope’s Angel” written when Whitney Houston died. The core group performed six tracks; the other two pieces were recorded by a slightly different lineup.{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Corey|title=Christian McBride & Inside Straight Releases "People Music"|url=http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/05/14/christian-mcbride-inside-straight-releases-people-music/|website=Notreble|publisher=notreble.com|accessdate=2 March 2017|date=May 14, 2013}}
Reception
Jeff Tamarkin of Jazz Times noted "Following a one-off big-band outing, this is his second with Inside Straight, the acoustic quintet he formed in 2009. Like that year’s Kind of Brown, People Music feels like a mental reboot, an opportunity for McBride to call the shots on his own terms with some handpicked compadres".{{cite web|last1=Tamarkin|first1=Jeff|title=Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music|url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/christian-mcbride-inside-straight-people-music/|website=Jazz Times|publisher=jazztimes.com|accessdate=2 March 2017|date=August 11, 2013}}
Corey Brown of Notreble said "The new album finds the quintet in hard-swing mode, delivering what they call “more road-tested, ‘lived-in’ Inside Straight” in an accessible way, and one that makes the audience part of the experience."
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| total_length = {{Duration|m=55|s=40}}
| title1 = Listen to the Heroes Cry
| writer1 = McBride
| length1 = 7:38
| title2 = Fair Hope Theme
| writer2 = McBride
| length2 = 6:49
| title3 = Gang Gang
| writer3 = Warren Wolf
| length3 = 7:03
| title4 = Ms. Angelou
| writer4 = Steve Wilson
| length4 = 6:41
| title5 = The Movement, Revisited
| writer5 = McBride
| length5 = 8:29
| title6 = Unusual Suspects
| writer6 = Peter Martin
| length6 = 7:28
| title7 = Dream Train
| writer7 = Sands
| length7 = 6:04
| title8 = New Hope's Angel
| writer8 = McBride
| length8 = 5:28
}}
Personnel
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- Christian McBride – bass
- Carl Allen – drums (2-6, 8)
- Peter Martin – piano (2-6, 8)
- Ulysses Owens – drums (1, 7)
- Christian Sands – piano (1, 7)
- Warren Wolf – vibes
- Steve Wilson – saxophones
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;Production
- Keith H. Brown – illustrations
- Joe Ferla – engineer
- Randall Kennedy – creative director
- Chi Modu – photography
- Raj Naik – art direction, design
- Al Pryor – A&R
- Mark Wilder – mastering
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Chart performance
References
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External links
- [http://www.christianmcbride.com/disco.html Christian McBride Discography]
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