Christian Sands
Raj Naik
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Raj Naik
One of many most interesting traditions of the vacation season is the sharing of tales. The elders telling tales of yesteryear, household catching up on the 12 months and kids studying fables of flying reindeer and speaking snowmen.
Pianist and composer Christian Sands regales us with vacation wonders outdated and new from his newest album, Christmas Tales. Christian provides new colour to the standard with joyous preparations (“Jingle Bells,” “Silent Evening,” “God Relaxation Ye Merry Gents”) and celebrates the Christmastime he remembers from his childhood as a ’90s child in Connecticut (“Snow Dayz” and the opposite facet of the expertise, “Shoveling”).
Greater than something, this mission is about taking inventory of life and the world round you through the season. “Christmas is a type of instances the place everyone seems to be collectively. And it is also a mirrored image of who’s not right here … whether or not it is a cherished one which’s handed away, or somebody has moved away,” Sands says. “However it’s additionally a mirrored image of newness, too … child’s first Christmas; you might need a brand new relationship …. Christmas is in regards to the reflection of the outdated, but it surely’s additionally the thrill of what is to come back.”
Musicians:
Christian Sands, piano, keyboards; Yasushi Nakamura, bass; Ryan Sands, drums; Marvin Sewell, guitar; Max Mild, guitar; Jimmy Inexperienced, tenor saxophone; Keita Ogawa, percussion; Andrew Joslyn, violin, viola; Eli Weinberger, cello
Set Record:
- “Jingle Bells” (James Lord Pierpont)
- “Have Your self a Merry Little Christmas” (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane)
- “Sleigh Journey” (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish)
- “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
- “Snow Dayz” (Christian Sands)
- “Shoveling” (Sands)
- “Silent Evening” (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
- “God Relaxation Ye Merry Gents” (Conventional)
- “Final Christmas” (Sands)
Credit:
Trevor Smith, author and producer; Ron Scalzo, episode combine; Keith Jenkins, vp of visuals and technique at NPR Music; Christian McBride, host.
Particular due to Matthew Jurasek, Jan Mullen and Mark Rini.
