Sands, Christian / Facing Dragons
| Album: | Facing Dragons | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Sands, Christian | Added: | Oct 2018 | |
| Label: | Mack Avenue | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-11-04 | Pull Date: | 2019-01-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 6 | Dec 23 | Dec 16 | Dec 2 | Nov 18 |
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| Airplays: | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 08, 2021: | Clean Copper Radio for Fo (rebroadcast from Jan 3, 2019)
Flight For Freedom, Rebel Music |
4. | Jan 04, 2019: | Old Fart At Play
Sangueo Soul |
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| 2. | Jan 08, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio
Her Song, Yesterday, Sunday Mornings |
5. | Jan 03, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio for Thursday's Child
Sangueo Soul, Sunday Mornings |
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| 3. | Jan 05, 2019: | Music Casserole
Sangueo Soul, Sunday Mornings |
6. | Jan 03, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio for Fo
Flight For Freedom, Rebel Music |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-10-28
Reviewed 2018-10-28
Reviewed: 2018-10-28
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Sands plays beautifully in a variety of styles. He honors and knows his predecessor masters, and yet he is very contemporary. He can build a solo with drama, and he writes well. He utilizes different musicians and combinations on every track.
If You Like: Oscar Peterson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Connors
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Rebel Music (6:11) – piano starts> uptempo piano trio jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*2/ Fight For freedom (7:17) - piano starts> full band uptempo jam> shifting tempos & melodies> piano solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> pause> uptempo jam> quick stop
*3/ Yesterday (7:22) – piano starts> piano trio slow hesitating jam> bass solo swings uptempo> piano solo slows then swings back up> uptempo jam> slow fade
**4/ Sangueo Soul (8:26) - drums start> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ Sunday Morning (7:29) – guitar & chorus starts> hesitating slow jam morphs into uptempo spiritual> crescendo end
*6/ Frankenstein (8:43) – piano starts> slow & plodding swings to uptempo then slows to midtempo> fade
7/ Her Song (7:11) – guitar starts> slow jam swings uptempo> pause> slow jam to fade
*8/ Samba De Vela (5:40) – guitar starts> slow jam builds to midtempo, then shifts back and forth> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
9/ Rhodes To Meditation (4:01) -Rhodes soft & silent to fade
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Sands plays beautifully in a variety of styles. He honors and knows his predecessor masters, and yet he is very contemporary. He can build a solo with drama, and he writes well. He utilizes different musicians and combinations on every track.
If You Like: Oscar Peterson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Connors
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Rebel Music (6:11) – piano starts> uptempo piano trio jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*2/ Fight For freedom (7:17) - piano starts> full band uptempo jam> shifting tempos & melodies> piano solo> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> pause> uptempo jam> quick stop
*3/ Yesterday (7:22) – piano starts> piano trio slow hesitating jam> bass solo swings uptempo> piano solo slows then swings back up> uptempo jam> slow fade
**4/ Sangueo Soul (8:26) - drums start> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
5/ Sunday Morning (7:29) – guitar & chorus starts> hesitating slow jam morphs into uptempo spiritual> crescendo end
*6/ Frankenstein (8:43) – piano starts> slow & plodding swings to uptempo then slows to midtempo> fade
7/ Her Song (7:11) – guitar starts> slow jam swings uptempo> pause> slow jam to fade
*8/ Samba De Vela (5:40) – guitar starts> slow jam builds to midtempo, then shifts back and forth> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
9/ Rhodes To Meditation (4:01) -Rhodes soft & silent to fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Rebel Music | 6. | Frankenstein | |||
| 2. | Flight For Freedom | 7. | Her Song | |||
| 3. | Yesterday | 8. | Samba De Vela | |||
| 4. | Sangueo Soul | 9. | Rhodes To Meditation | |||
| 5. | Sunday Mornings | . |