Sasha Masakowski is a singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader currently based in Brooklyn, NY. With her most recent project, Art Market, Sasha is splashing New Orleans music with layers of electro pop and art rock, heavily based on the rhythms of her hometown, from swing to second-lines to bounce music and beyond. Sasha Masakowski & Art Market present audiences with traditional songs reimagined, and original songs fashioned for a charming, energetic and edgy New Orleans music experience with a band of young masterminds born and bred in the Big Easy. Expect the Art Market album in early fall of 2017.
Vanity Fair Magazine recently listed Sasha as one of the top jazz musicians in the world and December 2015 issue of Downbeat Magazine named Sasha among the most innovative musicians coming out of New Orleans to date. She has performed 5 years consecutively at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and has toured across the U.S., Asia, Europe and Central America. In 2017 she will be performing at Jazz Ascona in Switzerland, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, and the San Jose Jazz Summerfest.
While Sasha still stands as one of the most prominent genre-defying voices on the New Orleans music scene, she recently relocated to Brooklyn, NY, where she continues to earn a reputation as a ingenious improviser, composer and performer. In addition to Art Market, she currently leads a number of other bands that range from traditional New Orleans jazz (Sidewalk Strutters) to experimental electronic art-pop (Tra$h Magnolia), and is also the co-leader of Hildegard, an electro-rock collaboration between Masakowski and guitarist/sound designer Cliff Hines.