People Music

This article is about the album by Christian McBride. For the album by Donald Brown, see People Music (Donald Brown album).

2013 studio album by Christian McBride

People Music

Studio album by

Christian McBride

Released| May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
Studio| Avatar, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 55:40
Label| Mack Avenue MAC1070
Producer| Christian McBride
Christian McBride chronology
| Conversations with Christian
(2011)  | People Music
(2013)  | Out Here
(2013)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
All About Jazz| [1]
AllMusic| [2]
Jazzwise| [3]
Sputnikmusic| 4/5[4]
PopMatters| 7/10[5]
Tom Hull| B+[6]

People Music is a studio album by jazz bassist Christian McBride together with his band Inside Straight. The record was released on May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14) via the Mack Avenue label.[7]

## Background

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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.[8]

## Reception

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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".[9]

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."[8]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Listen to the Heroes Cry"| McBride| 7:38
2.| "Fair Hope Theme"| McBride| 6:49
3.| "Gang Gang"| Warren Wolf| 7:03
4.| "Ms. Angelou"| Steve Wilson| 6:41
5.| "The Movement, Revisited"| McBride| 8:29
6.| "Unusual Suspects"| Peter Martin| 7:28
7.| "Dream Train"| Sands| 6:04
8.| "New Hope's Angel"| McBride| 5:28
Total length:| 55:40

## Personnel

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Band[10]

* 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 – vibraphone
* Steve Wilson – saxophones

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

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Chart (2013)  | Peak
position

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US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[11] | 26

## References

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1. ^ Hunter, J (May 20, 2013). "Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music". All About Jazz. allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
2. ^ Collar, Matt. "Christian McBride: People Music". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
3. ^ Hobart, Mike (June 2013). "Review". Jazzwise. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
4. ^ "Christian McBride: People Music". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
5. ^ HOROWITZ, STEVE (June 5, 2013). "Christian McBride and Inside Straight: People Music". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
6. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Christian McBride". Tom Hull. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
7. ^ "CD Review: Christian McBride & Inside Straight - People Music". London Jazz News. londonjazznews.com. July 31, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
8. ^ a b Brown, Corey (May 14, 2013). "Christian McBride & Inside Straight Releases "People Music"". Notreble. notreble.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
9. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (August 11, 2013). "Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music". Jazz Times. jazztimes.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
10. ^ "Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
11. ^ "CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE: CHART HISTORY". Billboard. billboard.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2018.

## External links

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* Christian McBride Discography

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Christian McBride

Studio albums|

* Gettin' to It (1994)
* Number Two Express (1996)
* A Family Affair (1998)
* SciFi (2000)
* The Philadelphia Experiment (2001)
* Vertical Vision (2003)
* Kind of Brown (2009)
* The Good Feeling (2011)
* Conversations with Christian (2011)
* People Music (2013)
* Out Here (2013)
* Bringin' It (2017)
* Christian McBride's New Jawn (2018)
* The Movement Revisited (2020)
* For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (2020)
* Prime (2023)
* But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (2024)

Live albums|

* Live at Tonic (2006)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (2015)
* Live at the Village Vanguard (2021)

Related|

* Christian McBride Big Band

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