Christian McBride

Bruce Hornsby is known for combining rock, folk, jazz, bluegrass, and improvisation driven piano work. Beyond hits like The Way It Is,he's built a reputation as an adventurous live performer. Christian McBride is one of the most celebrated jazz bassists of his generation, with deep roots in straight ahead jazz, but he has also collaborated across funk, soul, classical, and contemporary music. When they perform together, the chemistry tends to lean heavily into improvisation, jazz-infused America

Jazz and classical meet in this genre-defying program full of color, rhythm, and fun. Montclair's own jazz legend and nine-time GRAMMY Award-winner Christian McBride debuts with your New Jersey Symphony in a concerto tailor-made for him. Eric Jacobsen, hailed by The New York Times as "an interpretive dynamo" returns with the perfumed hues of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rachmaninoff's final orchestral work, written in New York City and full of longing for his Russian home.

Jazz and classical meet in this genre-defying program full of color, rhythm, and fun. Montclair's own jazz legend and nine-time GRAMMY Award-winner Christian McBride debuts with your New Jersey Symphony in a concerto tailor-made for him. Eric Jacobsen, hailed by The New York Times as "an interpretive dynamo" returns with the perfumed hues of Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rachmaninoff's final orchestral work, written in New York City and full of longing for his Russian home.