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Sasha Dobson

Sasha Dobson is an American jazz singer from Santa Cruz, California, now based in New York City. Dobson comes from a musical family. Her father, Smith Dobson was a pianist who recorded with Mark Murphy and played with Bobby Hutcherson and her mother Gail is also a singer, and her brother Smith is a tenor saxophonist, drummer, and vibraphonist. The family performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1991 when Dobson was twelve. Her debut album, Modern Romance, was released in August 2006 by Jesse Harris's Secret Sun Recordings label. Dobson participated in the Norah Jones The Fall tour, providing guitar, percussion, and vocal harmonies and she was the opening act on the tour. Her album Aquarius was released in 2013 and another Into The Trees was released in 2014. In 2020, she released an EP Little Things, and in 2021 she'll release her new full-length jazz album Girl Talk. Dobson is a member of the trio Puss n Boots with Jones and Catherine Popper.

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Radio & Podcasts

Sasha Dobson, Steven Feifke, David Murray and Others

Read "Sasha Dobson, Steven Feifke, David Murray and Others" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features an eclectic mix of musicians including Sasha Dobson, David Murray, Gigi Gryce, and the Steven Feifke Big Band. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Harrison Bankhead Sextet “Chicago Senorita" from Morning Sun Harvest Moon (Engine) 00:53 Steven Feifke Big Band “Wollongong" from Kinetic (Outside In) 7:08 Host Speaks 14:35 Scott Robinson “Rainy River" from Tenormore (Arbors ...

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Azar Lawrence & Sasha Dobson

Read "Azar Lawrence & Sasha Dobson" reviewed by Joe Dimino


From a mighty big voice in the jazz world today, we begin the 747th Episode of Neon Jazz. That was the talented and soulful singer Sasha Dobson with a song off her 2022 album Girl Talk. We follow that up with a song from her Puss N Boots band with Norah Jones. We continue to look into the artists who are released new music during the pandemic including Pete Malinverni, Spin Cycle, Kathy Kousins and Mike Casey. Finally, we bring ...

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Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing

Read "Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


The title gives it away--it's an all-vocalist episode, favoring the ladies (3 out of 4) and offering a mix of standards (everybody's at it) along with a little more adventurous programming from time to time. Will the weakest vocalist technically walk away with honors? Can Pat and Mike overcome their gender-trouble and dig what our sole male vocalist is laying down? Is Mike's S.O. always going to be mad at Pat because Mike knows how to shift (blame) better than ...

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Five Women Singing

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Here are reviews of releases by five talented female jazz singers. They all prove that there can be a lot of variety in the simple art of singing a song. Sasha Dobson Girl Talk Self-Produced 2021 Sasha Dobson has been working as a vocalist, composer and instrumentalist in a lot of musical genres for over twenty years but here she devotes a set to her first love, jazz. She works in ...

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Sasha Dobson: The Darkling Thrush

Read "The Darkling Thrush" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


Sasha Dobson is a JK, or jazz kid. Given her parental background, she was indubitably raised with the canonical repertoire of this recording. Accompanied by the Chris Byars Octet, the singer displays talents of her own nonetheless.On “I'm Beginning To See The Light, Dobson scats and swings at will with tonic clarity and frankness, as well as fine timing and phrasing. Similar comments can be made regarding the closer, “What is This Thing Called Love, “I'll Get By ...

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Sasha Dobson: The Darkling Thrush

Read "The Darkling Thrush" reviewed by Jim Santella


Singer Sasha Dobson leads a straight-ahead session of familiar standards while surrounded by a stellar group of like-minded artists. The New York-based Chris Byars Octet gives her a strong arena in which to stretch out. Each member of the band provides a hearty partnership for the singer as she interprets these favorite songs from the heart.

“What is This Thing Called Love?" features Dobson in an up-tempo affair, interweaving lyrics with sassy wordless vocals. She's at her best ...

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CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Adds Puss N Boots Featuring Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones & Catherine Popper, And Wynonna Judd & The Big Noise Added To Headliner Lineup

CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Adds Puss N Boots Featuring Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones & Catherine Popper, And Wynonna Judd & The Big Noise Added To Headliner Lineup

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Tickets are now on sale for two more headliners added to the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival 2020 headliner lineup – Puss N Boots- featuring Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones & Catherine Popper, and Wynonna & The Big Noise. Puss N Boots—featuring Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones & Catherine Popper will perform on Friday June 19. Puss N Boots first formed in 2008 as a live band performing around Brooklyn. With a repertoire anchored in Americana, country, folk, pop and rock, the band ...

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