With his new Mack Avenue Records album Live At The Village Vanguard - now on LP - you can feel and hear McBride in the same air, with his magnificent trio, which features drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. and pianist Christian Sands. They swing and swoon on nine tracks of originals, jazz standards and some surprise R&B/pop selections. This record is the fruit of McBride’s long association with the Vanguard, where his first appearance as a leader for the historic club was in 1995.