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Summary: Hard to Believe
Comment: For months, this CD I bought on an Amazon whim, became my favorite cd of my collection. I cannot really describe why it is amazing, all that I know is that it is. It is easy to hear the whole CD and there are numerous tracks with tangible meanings and all with her beautiful voice. If you do like it, you will love it. Sample some songs, if the voice on Modern Romance does not immediately resonate with you, this is probably not your type of music. I give this cd 5+.
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Summary: Sasha Dobson
Comment: First rate album ! ! man,this gal can sing - - - and with a style that's all her own.
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Summary: Distinctive grooves.
Comment: The daughter of notable jazz musicians -- pianist Smith Dobson and singer Gail Dobson -- Sasha Dobson has the genes and a strong musical foundation to make powerful, uplifting music.
She carries on in the jazz tradition of past greats like Ella Fitzgerald, with a sultry voice and extensive performance experience, but she remains an unconventional performer. Now 26, Dobson has been performing professionally since she was 16, in the process crafting a unique fusion of Brazilian and American jazz.
With 10 years of professional experience under her belt -- she's long performed with the Dobson Family Band and the Chris Byars Octet -- Dobson likely has amazing success ahead of her.
"Modern Romance", Dobson's new album, is a fine collection of originals and genre-bending covers of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Modern Romance" and Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo".
Like many young jazz singers nowadays, Sasha is trying for a mellow pop-jazz groove à la Norah Jones.
Her plangent, almost vibrato-free voice rides over a mélange of island rhythms, bossa nova and folky acoustics, mostly in new songs she has co-written. They go down as easily as frozen margaritas, never more beguilingly than when she slips in scat syllables like "dit-doo, die-yah-da-doo" in 'Four Leaf Clover', or simply "ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh" in 'Cold to Colder'.
Listen to this very nice album and enjoy.
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Summary: Is it jazz?
Comment: I don't know. I thought I had read about this under new jazz releases, but I'm not sure I'd categorize it as jazz. I'm really not sure what category it falls under. But it is a very pleasant experience listening to this young woman sing and the very nice production of this album. All of the songs sound very similar; obviously the same producer had his fingers in each track and had a particular "feel" that he was going for. But it works, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Wonderful listening
Comment: What a discovery! If you love good jazz perfectly performed, you'll enjoy Dobson.
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