With Out Here, premier bassist Christian McBride's fifth recording on Mack Avenue Records, McBrideintroduces his latest working group: a trio, fully embracing at age 41 his role as standard-bearer andmentor. Pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr.-both younger, emerging artists-have been performing with McBride's smallest group for about three years, honing their trio conception to afine point of expressive depth and nuance with select performances around the world.