Co-director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, bassist, educator, composer, super-sideman, and bandleader Christian McBride brings his 18 piece big band to The Iridium Jazz Club for five nights Sept. 16 through 20 sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM. From Philadelphia, McBride has become the most acclaimed acoustic and electric bassist to emerge from the jazz world in the past decade. His CDs on Verve and Mack Ave. as a leader and the literally hundreds of albums he has performed on showcase his funky style and big tone. His ever-expanding pop, R&B and fusion palette takes him around the world anchoring some of the best jazz groups today. He has performed with numerous artists including at Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman, Sting, Chick Corea, The Roots, Diana Krall, D'Angelo, Betty Carter, McCoy Tyner, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis.