# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Christian Sands Trio
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 08:45 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Christian Sands — Steinway Artist and five-time Grammy Nominee — 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. He expresses himself through an extensive vocabulary of patterns, textures, and structures, all the while maintaining a strong sense of understatement, sensitivity, taste, and swing.

Jazz history is filled with stirring torch songs and ballads — brilliant expressions of suffering after love has gone awry. The jazz record shelf even contains some classic album-long explorations of melancholy. But it’s hard to find precedent in pianist Christian Sands’ new Embracing Dawn, his fifth full-length effort for Mack Avenue Records. Embracing Dawn trails 2023’s acclaimed Christmas Stories and 2020’s GRAMMY-nominated Be Water. Following that album’s release, the New York Times commented, “Equipped with a crisp but forceful touch, he seems always to be flowing in new directions, integrating elements of prog rock, gospel, and Western classical into a forward-tumbling jazz conception.” Embracing Dawn furthers Sands’ uniquely cultivated jazz language, where agile post-bop meets soulful bluesy tinges and gorgeous swells of strings. Sands’ love of classical orchestration, he explains, is rooted in his lifelong obsession with film.

Since arriving on the scene, Sands has shared the stage with such jazz luminaries as Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Shelia E, Warren Wolf, Tia Fuller, Gary Burton, Stefan Harris, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jason Moran, Geri Allen, Ben Williams, Randy Brecker, Steve Johns, Avery Sharpe, James Moody, Bill Evans (sax), Russell Malone, Terence Blanchard, Louis Hayes, Patti Austin, Marcus Baylor, Craig Handy, Carl Allen, Kirk Whalum, and Wycliffe Gordon, as well as iconic cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

The power and prowess of his playing have taken him from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, to New York’s celebrated jazz clubs such as the Village Vanguard, Jazz Standard, Blue Note, and Dizzy’s Club; to international jazz clubs all over the world. Sands was Artist in Residence at the Monterey Jazz Festival from 2020-2022, Creative Director of Octave Music – Erroll Garner Estate from 2017-2021, and Musical Director of the Monterey Festival Band On Tour from 2019-2022.

Sands invents and re-invents himself with sonorities which define each moment, rhythms which impel his music forward, structures which are surprising and fascinating — and never for a moment unmusical. He personifies the rising musicality and spiritual aspirations of a singularly gifted musical soul.

“To whom much is given, much is expected.” Christian Sands doesn’t disappoint.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oakland/christian-sands-trio/200030463218755
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, festivals, live-music, art, jazz, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 25

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Oakland
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Yoshi's Oakland -Jack London square
- **lat**: 37.796094291746
- **long**: -122.27872020581
- **full address**: Yoshi's Oakland -Jack London square, 510 Embarcadero West,Oakland, California, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Christian Sands Trio being held?
  - **A:** Christian Sands Trio takes place on Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 08:45 pm at Yoshi's Oakland -Jack London square, 510 Embarcadero West,Oakland, California, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Christian Sands Trio?
  - **A:** Christian Sands Trio is organized by Yoshi's Oakland.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Yoshi's Oakland's events?
  - **A:** Attendees have given Yoshi's Oakland a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. Yoshi's Oakland has 146+ followers on AllEvents, reflecting a trusted and active community of event-goers who follow their events. Yoshi's Oakland has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Christian Sands Trio is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oakland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Christian Sands Trio sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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