Sasha Dobson at Cafe Bohemia

Singer-songwriter Sasha Dobson upholds the jazz tradition of past greats like Ella Fitzgerald while breaking conventional rules.

The dynamic New York jazz singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Sasha Dobson (of Puss n Boots with Norah Jones and Catherine Popper) just released a Christmas EP, Dear Santa, on Blue Note Records and their 2nd full length album will release on Valentine’s Day 2020.

Since her debut album Modern Romance, produced by Grammy award winning Jesse Harris, Sasha has been collaborating with some of the best musicians and bands on the music charts. She is currently working on her forthcoming EP to be released Spring 2020 with bassist and producer Don Was (Was Not Was, Bonnie Raitt) and drummer Jay Lane (Bob Weir, Primus) to be released Spring 2020. Word has it Sasha’s also been making NY appearances with her latest jazz project, a super group compiled of NY heavy hitters Peter Bernstein, Neal Miner, Dred Scott, and Ian Hendrickson-Smith (The Roots, Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse)....

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Singer-songwriter Sasha Dobson upholds the jazz tradition of past greats like Ella Fitzgerald while breaking conventional rules.

The dynamic New York jazz singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Sasha Dobson (of Puss n Boots with Norah Jones and Catherine Popper) just released a Christmas EP, Dear Santa, on Blue Note Records and their 2nd full length album will release on Valentine’s Day 2020.

Since her debut album Modern Romance, produced by Grammy award winning Jesse Harris, Sasha has been collaborating with some of the best musicians and bands on the music charts. She is currently working on her forthcoming EP to be released Spring 2020 with bassist and producer Don Was (Was Not Was, Bonnie Raitt) and drummer Jay Lane (Bob Weir, Primus) to be released Spring 2020. Word has it Sasha’s also been making NY appearances with her latest jazz project, a super group compiled of NY heavy hitters Peter Bernstein, Neal Miner, Dred Scott, and Ian Hendrickson-Smith (The Roots, Sharon Jones, Amy Winehouse).

Sasha grew up in a family of accomplished jazz musicians. Father, pianist Smith Dobson (Red Holloway, Bobby Hutcherson, Art Pepper, Eddie Harris,) and mother, educator and sought after jazz vocalist, Gail Dobson. Her brother, multi-instrumentalist and prodigy of jazz drums, Smith Dobson V.

At the age of 12, Sasha wowed the crowed performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival with her family , moved to NY by age 17 toured the world singing jazz and since then has also toured worldwide as a bandmate for Norah Jones among, and also under her own name singing and playing guitar. She has also been a featured artist in Farm Aid, opening for Neil Young and Willie Nelson .

Sasha took her jazz quartet featuring Peter Bernstein into the studio this February and will be releasing her first official jazz recording in Fall 2020!!

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