Christian Sands

𝟓𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒, a Steinway Artist, performs with his Acclaimed Quartet at The Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. "𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛,” 𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑂𝑁𝐷𝑂𝑁 𝐽𝐴𝑍𝑍 𝑁𝐸𝑊𝑆. "𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 34, 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡…” 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑂𝑆𝑇𝑂𝑁 𝐺𝐿𝑂𝐵𝐸.

“𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒕, 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.”
— 𝑫𝑶𝑾𝑵𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬

“𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 ‘𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔’ (𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒛𝒂, 2002), 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔' 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍…‘𝑩𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓’ 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 (2021 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑩𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓' - 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅)

“𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅.”
— 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒀𝑶𝑹𝑲 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

Wynton Marsalis 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟓𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐚 “𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞,” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝. Christian is an emerging jazz force. His abundant piano technique perfectly matches his conception, accomplishing a much deeper musical goal: a fresh look at the entire language of jazz. Whether it’s stride, swing, bebop, progressive, fusion, Brazilian or Afro-Cuban, Sands develops the past while providing unusual and stimulating vehicles for the present…and for the future.

𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬’ 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭. It was that same spirit that caught the attention of 8x-GRAMMY® Award-Winning Jazz Bassist, Christian McBride, who asked Sands — then 20 years old — to sit in at the Village Vanguard with his big band, Inside Straight. That appearance led to Sands becoming a member of bassist Christian McBride’s Trio, with whom he has toured throughout the world. Their 2013 CD release, ‘Out Here’, received a GRAMMY® Award Nomination for “Best Jazz Instrumental Album”.

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬: Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Sheila E., Tia Fuller, Gary Burton, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jason Moran, Geri Allen, Ben Williams, Randy Brecker, Terence Blanchard, Louis Hayes, Patti Austin, Kirk Whalum, and Wycliffe Gordon, among others.

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝟓 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕. In 2021, Sands was Nominated for a 2021 GRAMMY® Award for "Best Instrumental Composition" for his album 'Be Water'.

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟓𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 and his Quartet at The Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌 are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AqHkBgyZ4/ and The Jazz & Blues Market Website at: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/event/christian-sands/

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