NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with jazz pianist Christian Sands about his latest album, "Embracing Dawn." It's informed by a breakup. Christian Sands has been a public figure in the jazz world since his ...

One of the finest traditions of the holiday season is the sharing of stories. The elders telling tales of yesteryear, family catching up on the year and children reading fables of flying reindeer and ...

Holiday season is, inevitably, holiday-album season, its predictable passel of Christmas albums rolling out each year. Many are of negligible interest. But not “Christmas Stories” by the estimable ...

Pianist Christian Sands talks to Eric Jackson about emerging from the pandemic. Pianist Christian Sands talks to Eric Jackson about emerging from the pandemic, getting into performance shape and ...

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 ...

Christian Sands has been a public figure in the jazz world since his first album in 2002 when he was 12. And with his latest release, the pianist is going deep. (SOUNDBITE OF CHRISTIAN SANDS' "GOOD ...