Another fine vocalist capable of putting her stamp on a good tune and maybe improving a not so good one. This has really been a wonderful year for girl vocalists - Samara Joy, Veronica Swift, Sarah Moule, Georgia Mancio, Rebecca Kilgore - Sasha Dobson is up there in that league. She has one of those voices that kind of curls around you. Peggy Lee and Anita O'Day created the same effect even though Sasha doesn't sound like either she's very much her own woman although the phrasing and the huskiness do sometimes bring to mind the former and her scatting the latter.
In her own words: "Over the years, I developed into a guitarist and songwriter, but in my heart and soul, I am a jazz singer and improviser. And this album represents something essential I had to do."
This goal is helped along by some ace guitar by Peter Bernstein, vibes by Sasha's dad Smith and Norah Jones chipping in with a backing vocal on the title track. All this and more has resulted in an album that ticks all the boxes. Lance
Release date now confirmed as September 10 - check out the usual suspects.
Better Days; Sweet and Lovely; Girl Talk; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps; You're the Death of me; The Great City; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; Time on my Hands; These Boots are Made for Walking.
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