Vi glæder os umådeligt over at kunne invitere jer til koncert med den forrygende jazz sangerinde, Sasha Dobson på Bartof Station!

Eksklusivt møde mellem nordisk poesi og New York cool

Den internationalt anerkendte danske pianist og komponist Nikolaj Hess præsenterer et eksklusivt samarbejde med den karismatiske amerikanske sangerinde Sasha Dobson – kendt fra New Yorks dynamiske jazz- og indie-scene og som en del af trioen Puss n Boots med Norah Jones (som Dobson også spiller med i Kbh 10/11 juli) og Catherine Popper.

Hess og Dobson har bevæget sig længe i de samme jazz og roots cirkler på New Yorks downtown scene og spiller her for første gang en fælles koncert.

Sammen skaber Hess og Dobson et intimt, atmosfærisk og grænsesøgende univers, hvor dybfølt jazz, amerikansk sangskrivning, nordisk melankoli og improvisatorisk leg smelter sammen i et musikalsk møde præget af nærvær og poesi. Publikum kan forvente både originale kompositioner og personlige fortolkninger af udvalgte klassikere – leveret med stor kunstnerisk fantasi og et stærkt sammenspil mellem to musikere med en fælles musikalitet, der transcenderer genrer og geografi.

Nikolaj Hess er en af Danmarks mest profilerede pianister, kendt for sit lyriske, virtuose og improvisatoriske spil. Han har spillet med internationale navne som Lee Konitz, Fela Kuti, Marc Mommaas og Caroline Henderson, og har for nylig optrådt solo på MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum og Getty Museum i USA.

Sasha Dobson bringer en rå og samtidig raffineret vokal til samarbejdet – med dybe rødder i både jazz, folk og rock. Hendes udtryk bevæger sig ubesværet mellem det intimt nærværende og det kraftfulde, og hendes evne til at formidle både lyrik og intensitet gør hende til en unik stemme på den moderne vokalscene.

Koncerten bliver en sjælden mulighed for at opleve to stærke kunstnere i en organisk, levende og helt særlig konstellation, hvor rummet for nuancer, dybde og spontanitet er åbent – og hvor publikum inviteres helt tæt på.

https://www.sashadobson.com/music

www.nikolajhess.com

Video Dobson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-bS7OgSD4&t=69s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_y7tv2PzP0

Video Hess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYS2jUNYDEI

IG Dobson:

IG Hess:

Nikolaj Hess featuring Sasha Dobson – An Exclusive Meeting of Nordic Poetry and New York Cool

Internationally acclaimed Danish pianist and composer Nikolaj Hess presents an exclusive collaboration with the charismatic American vocalist Sasha Dobson — known from New York’s vibrant jazz and indie scene, and as a member of the trio Puss n Boots with Norah Jones (with whom Dobson also performs in Copenhagen on July 10 & 11) and Catherine Popper.

Hess and Dobson have long moved in the same jazz and roots circles of New York’s downtown scene, and now, for the first time, they join forces for a live concert.

Together, Hess and Dobson create an intimate, atmospheric, and boundary-pushing universe where heartfelt jazz, American songwriting, Nordic melancholy, and playful improvisation merge in a musical meeting defined by presence and poetry. Audiences can expect a blend of original compositions and deeply personal interpretations of select classics — delivered with artistic imagination and a unique synergy between two musicians whose shared musicality transcends genres and geography.

Nikolaj Hess is one of Denmark’s most prominent pianists, renowned for his lyrical, virtuosic, and improvisational style. He has performed with international artists such as Lee Konitz, Fela Kuti, Marc Mommaas, and Caroline Henderson, and has recently given solo concerts at MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum, and The Getty Museum in the U.S.

Sasha Dobson brings a raw yet refined vocal presence to the collaboration, with deep roots in jazz, folk, and rock. Her voice moves effortlessly between intimate nuance and expressive power, and her ability to convey both poetry and emotional depth makes her a truly singular voice on today’s vocal scene.

This concert offers a rare opportunity to experience two powerful artists in an organic, living, and uniquely personal constellation — where space is given to nuance, depth, and spontaneity, and where the audience is invited into the heart of the music.

A Purist, Nuanced New Jazz Album From Chanteuse Sasha Dobson

by delarue

These days Sasha Dobson may be best known for her work as a multi-instrumentalist in the supertrio Puss N Boots with Norah Jones and Catherine Popper. Dobson’s own work is more jazz-focused, with a nuanced Brazilian streak. Interestingly, on her new album Girl Talk – streaming at Spotify – Dobson appears strictly on the mic, even though she’s just as much at home behind the drum kit as she is on bass, guitar or keys. Fans of iconic Golden Age singers – Billie, Sarah, Dinah and the rest – will appreciate Dobson’s uncluttered, thoughtful, original style.

This time out, she’s pulled together an allstar cast with Peter Bernstein on guitar, Dred Scott on piano, Neal Miner on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums. She opens with Better Days, casually slinging torrents of lyrics over an increasingly syncopated bossa pulse fleshed out by Bernstein’s erudite chords.

She spices Sweet and Lovely with some coy scatting, shadowed by Bernstein as the bass and drums edge into straight-ahead swing and then the guitarist’s signature litany of chordal variations. The album’s title track, a sly, low-key duet with Jones, celebrates female bonding – in an era where the Biden regime wants to get rid of moms and substitute “birth parents” instead, we need that bonding more than ever.

A hazy bolero lowlit by her brother Smith Dobson’s spare vibes, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps has a misterioso understatement in contrast to Wollesen’s colorful cymbal work. The bandleader brings judiciously modulated acerbity to her lyrics in You’re the Death of Me over the band’s low-key stroll, then follows with a distantly Blossom Dearie-tinged delivery in The Great City. In her hands, Dobson it’s more about perseverance than urban angst.

Her take of Softly As in a Morning Sunrise reinvents the song as spare, sun-dappled, straight-up swing, with some unexpectedly biting blues phrasing. The chime of the vibes and the brushy guitar chords in Time on My Hands are a characteristically understated touch beneath Dobson’s low-key optimism.

She joins with Miner in a spare bass-and-vocal duet to open Autumn Nocturne, then the band swing it gently, Bernstein choosing his spots to raise the energy. Dobson winds up the album by transforming a big Nancy Sinatra hit into a swing blues with jaunty harmonies from special guests Steven Bernstein on trumpet and Ian Hendrickson Smith on tenor sax.

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