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...bassist Christian McBride has developed a strong but unobtrusive rhythmic style that has made him a ubiquitous musical presence. Although he's only 22, he has played on some 70 recordings and has toured with the top soloists, most recently saxophone wunderkind Joshua Redman. Now McBride's solo debut, Gettin' to It, should establish him as more than just a hotshot accompanist...
...that the outlook of the band has mellowed and deepened since the days when it cranked out such adolescent anthems as Legs and Tube Snake Boogie. There's a brooding fatalism in Deal Goin' Down: "When the deal go down and the noose is bein' tied/ Ain't no gettin' round it fade black...
...Gettin' in good with that man who stands in the little booth by the main gates of the Yard...
Stardom -- are you gettin' where I'm goin', folks? -- stardom is Bill Murray...
...humor. They can taunt a lady friend's angry father ("Your daddy hates me/ Much as I love you . . ./ He don't know we're a lot alike,/ You been keepin' us both awake all night") or wail like good ole boys stranded at the altar ("She's gettin' a rock/ And I'm gettin' stoned,/ She's tyin' the knot/ And I'm tyin' one on"). This is 90- proof vox-pop poetry, with a rhythm-guitar chaser...