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n this article, we learn about jazz musician Christian McBride's home in Montclair, New Jersey. The house was built in 1910 and has been lived in by many notable figures in the music industry, including an audio engineer who worked on projects with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The house has been decorated by McBride's wife, Melissa Walker, who is a jazz vocalist and the founder of Jazz House Kids, a nonprofit organization that provides music classes and cultural programming for children and adults. The couple's home is filled with musical touches, such as a bass owned by Ray Brown, a renowned jazz double bassist who was once married to Ella Fitzgerald. The house also features a portrait of the couple painted by Kiyomi Quinn Taylor, an artist and daughter of family friends. The dining room is used for post-Montclair Jazz Festival brunches and dinners for Jazz House Kids' faculty and supporters. The basement serves as McBride's recording studio and PlayStation 5 gaming space. Despite his busy schedule, McBride values the peaceful environment his home provides, saying, "It's nice not to be at Level 10 all the time."