On September 11, 2000, “Verve” label released “Sci-Fi”, the fourth Christian McBride studio album. It was recorded in February 2000, at “Avatar Studios”, and was produced by Christian McBride.

Personnel:

• Christian McBride – upright and electric bass, keyboards
• David Gilmore– acoustic and electric guitar
• Herbie Hancock– piano
• Shedrick Mitchell – piano, electric piano
• Toots Thielemans– harmonica
• Ron Blake– soprano and tenor saxophone
• James Carter– bass clarinet
• Rodney Green – drums
• Dianne Reeves– vocalese
• Joe Ferla – recording, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian McBride, except where noted.

1. Aja – Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
2. Uhura’s Moment Returned
3. Xerxes
4. Lullaby for a Ladybug
5. Science Fiction
6. Walking on the Moon – Sting
7. Havona – Jaco Pastorius
8. I’ll Guess I’ll Have to Forget
9. Butterfly Dreams – Stanley Clarke
10. Via Mwandishi
11. The Sci-fi Outro