Christian McBride keeps right on crafting what is no doubt one of the greatest careers for any bassist in jazz music history.

Having already won eight Grammy Awards — and performed with such illustrious figures as Paul McCartney, McCoy Tyner, James Brown, Sting, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Kathleen Battle and James Brown — McBride is hardly resting on his laurels, but rather forging ahead to create wonderful new music with a variety of collaborators.

Jazz fans can hear what we mean by checking out the bassist’s current quintet — Ursa Major — on March 22-23 at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco and March 24 at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz.

Christian McBride’s Ursa Major features Oakland-born drummer Savannah Harris (who spent much time on the road with Cécile McLorin Salvant), tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover (who has performed with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), pianist Mike King (who has toured with Dee Dee Bridgewater) and guitarist Ely Perlman (who is studying at Berklee College of Music).

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SFJAZZ showtimes are 7:30 p.m. March 22 and 7 p.m. March 23 and tickets start at $35, sfjazzcenter.com. There are two performances, at 7 and 9 p.m., on March 24 in Santa Cruz with tickets starting at $23.50, kuumbwajazz.org.