Sasha Dobson

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Location:
NYC, New York, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Folk Rock / Bossa Nova / Swing
Site(s):
Type:
Indie
Sasha Dobson is a true natural. Born into a musical family, Dobson first hit the stage at the age of six. By 17 she hit the road, and made New York City her musical home-base. Today her talents have earned her accolades across generations and musical genres. While Dobson has emerged as an indie-folk favorite, she first developed her style as a darling of the jazz world.
In fact, this girl can really scat. For Dobson, jazz improv and phrasing is practically a birthright, having been exposed to jazz, and absorbing it through example since her earliest days. Barely in grade school, she performed with the Dobson Family Band with her father, the late great Bay-area jazz pianist Smith Dobson, her mother, vocalist Gail Dobson, and her brother Smith Jr., a sought-after drummer/vibraphonist and song-writer.
No stranger to the stage, Dobson took New York’s jazz scene by storm, and in no time was performing extensively, from famed jazz club Small's in New York, to the Blue Note in Japan, Moscow and more.
Her 2004 release "The Darkling Thrush" (Small's Records), was a tour-de-force jazz vocal record backed by a large ensemble filled with prodigies of the New York jazz scene. It established her as one of the great young scat singers of her generation.
After picking up a guitar, Dobson's musical tastes took a turn. And soon after, in 2006, she released "Modern Romance" (Secret Sun), a bossa nova-tinged collection of songs, many of which were written in collaboration with guitarists Richard Julian and Jesse Harris. Her song-writing skills broadened her collaborative abilities, attracted a new audience, and led to a reunion with an old musical partner in crime, Norah Jones.
Together Dobson and Jones have collaborated on numerous musical side projects over the years. And now, the industrious duo will play side-by-side once again, as Dobson takes the stage next to Norah, providing percussion, guitar and vocal harmonies on Jones' upcoming tour of her new release "The Fall."
Sasha Dobson is also the supporting opening act on the tour, performing songs from her latest release “Burn.” A unique blend of blues, country and rock, "Burn" embraces Dobson's musical influences that span genres, from Lucinda Williams to Elliot Smith. Self-produced, with all-original compositions, "Burn" delivers a heart-felt performance rich with primordial layers of vocals, guitar and percussion -- and a brand of blues that makes her songs of love and loss feel pretty damn good.
Time Magazine says Sasha's songs "go down as easily as a frozen margarita," and NPR predicted "amazing success ahead of her," while Jazz.com praised the “warm, intimate performance” of this “rising star.”
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