Nick Sanders Trio – You Are A Creature (Sunnyside) By Mike Gates I can remember as a young boy being taken to the fairground. I guess this happened fairly regularly as a kid, my parents doing their duty with two young boys in need of entertainment on their holidays. One of these trips has always stayed […]
Nick Sanders rides keyboard home to New Orleans with new CD, rave reviews. By: Chris Waddington Nick Sanders, the New Orleans keyboard whiz, has plenty to celebrate at the CD-release party set for March 27 at Snug Harbor, 626 Frenchmen St. “You Are a Creature,” Sanders’ second disc for the prestigious Sunnyside label, has been piling […]
Reached at his Brooklyn, N.Y., home last week, Nick Sanders was facing a rare stretch of time — a free week. Yet, this was no vacation. “I’m still super busy,” said Sanders, an up-and-coming jazz pianist and composer, who, in addition to the two previously noted occupations, also teaches a handful of students and often hits […]
Nick Sanders is a young pianist, originally from New Orleans, with a precise touch and a wealth of information at his command. As on his prepossessing new debut album, “Nameless Neighbors,” he appears here with the bassist Henry Fraser and the drummer Connor Baker. — NATE CHINEN [via NYT]
NOUVEAUTÉ. Originaire de La NouvelleOrléans, Nick Sanders a grandi dans un environnement favorable à son développement et bénéficié d’une éducation auprès de maîtres comme Cecil McBee, Da nilo Perez ou Jason Moran. Pour parachever le tout, “Nameless Neighbors” a été produit par Fred Hersch, un gage de qualité qui n’est pas le fruit du hasard. Dès […]
By Eric Harabadian The title Nameless Neighbors is, indeed, intriguing and somewhat cryptic and curious. The music certainly reflects that as Nick Sanders fronts a not-so-typical piano trio. The modern young trailblazer approaches the ivories with a style that hints at convention but would rather turn it on its ear. The opening piece “Chamberlain, Maine” […]
Pianist Nick Sanders’ classical training is evident on Nameless Neighbors, his debut album on the prestigious Sunnyside Records label. Sanders and his trio with bassist Henry Fraser and drummer Connor Baker explore the world of jazz with a certain refinement that suggests the genteel elegance of classical music. Sanders, who is from New Orleans and […]
New Orleans pianist Nick Sanders proved that his hometown remains a font of musical genius with an astounding return visit to Snug Harbor on Sunday. Now based in New York, the 25-year-old Sanders toured in New Orleans with drummer Connor Baker and bassist Henry Fraser — the working band that appears on his masterful debut […]
O ho, yet another piano trio CD in a season filled with them. “Nameless Neighbors” (Sunnyside Records) is the debut recording from the Nick Sanders Trio. New Orleans-native Sanders is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) where he studied with Danilo Perez, George Garzone, Cecll McBee, Jason Moran, Jerry Bergonzi and John […]