Christian Sands Trio

Musical Style: Holiday The holiday season looks very different for Christian Sands the New Haven, Connecticut native. There are changes and transitions that we all face in life but that seem to be thrown into starker relief around the holidays: family and friends lost or gained, relationships ended or initiated, another twelve months of experience to shape our continued evolution. All those factors come to the fore on Christmas Stories (Mack Avenue Records), Sands’ first album of holiday songs old and new. While the acclaimed pianist and two-time Grammy® nominee inevitably view Christmas as a time of nostalgia, reflection and reunion, he also recognizes it as a time for renewal and looking ahead. At the same time as we’re looking back on the year just ending, we’re also beginning to wonde…