Jazz Articles about Christian Sands

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Christian Sands Quartet at Birdland

by Philip Songa
August 13, 2025

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Dexter Moses, Christian Sands, Anne Sajdera, Chris McDonald and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 2, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now!... Fantastic music by Dexter Moses, Christian Sands, Anne Sajdera, Chris McDonald, Ryan Keberle, Leslie Pintchik, Danny Jonokuchi, Misha Tsiganov, David Weiss, Eric Jacobson, Michael Dease, Warren Wolf, Orrin Evans, Emmet Cohen, Tom Harrell, Natalie Jacob, Tracy Yang, Caity Gyorgy, Monika Herzig, Jeff Coffin, Ed Neumeister, Javon Jackson and more. Playlist Dexter Moses “New Perspective" from New Perspective (Dexter Moses) 00:00 Christian Sands “Ain't That The Same" from Embracing Dawn (Mack Avenue) 06:06 Anne Sajdera “It's ...

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Christian Sands: Embracing Dawn

by Mike Jurkovic
September 20, 2024

Way back in the mottled history of the 1950s and '60s, record biz guys in sharkskin might kick down a DJ's door and bark: “You gotta to hear this single!" But who truly listens to and what exactly is a single these days? Add in the disturbing though elusive truth that any single can take any physical or temporal shape and the evidence just points to one thing: First impressions have doomed many a pundit. If ...

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Christian Sands: Christmas Stories

by Dave Linn
December 1, 2023

Early on, Christian Sands had a passion for music. He was enrolled in music classes at age four and wrote his first composition at age five. He started playing professionally at the age of ten and studied at the Center for the Arts in New Haven, Connecticut before receiving his Bachelor of Arts and Masters degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. A protégé of Dr. Billy Taylor, Sands released his debut album at the age of 12 and came ...

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Christian Sands: Can't Find My Way Home

by Michael Ricci
February 22, 2023

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Christian Sands: Renaissance Man

by R.J. DeLuke
October 27, 2021

Christian Sands is more than a jazz pianist, though he excels at it and it is central to his art. After all he started playing at about the age of two and first performed in public at age nine. Sands is a prolific composer. He has written music for television. He wants to do movie scores. He plans to work with visual artists and fashion designers, blending in his music to themed projects. “There's so ...

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Dan Wilson: Vessels Of Wood And Earth

by Chris May
April 9, 2021

Dan Wilson's Vessels Of Wood And Earth starts well. Just over a minute into track one, the guitarist launches into a lightning-speed solo which sounds a little like Wes Montgomery channeling Charlie Parker on speed. On track two, Stevie Wonder's well named “Bird Of Beauty," he rings the changes, exchanging Montgomery and Parker for Pat Metheny and sobriety, while pianist Christian Sands swaps his piano for a Lyle Mays-esque synthesizer program. Unfortunately, this early promise is not ...