The Jazz Collective is beyond excited to host Sasha Berliner as the second act of our 12th Annual Jazz Festival at Yale! From her website:

Sasha Berliner is a musician, composer, producer, and band leader from San Francisco, CA. Sasha’s music work is primarily based in both New York City and Los Angeles, and she has headlined international venues like Newport Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, Montreal Jazz Festival, and Monterey Jazz Festival.

In addition to performing with her own band, her recent notable performances and recordings have been with musicians such as Tyshawn Sorey, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, and Cecile Mclorin Salvant. She is an endorsing artist for Marimba One and Vater Drumsticks. She has been a guest lecturer at esteemed universities and programs like University of Champaign-Illinois, UC San Diego, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and Berklee College of Music, and is currently a Professor of Jazz and Jazz Composition at UC Irvine.

Sasha’s third studio album, Fantome, is slated to release in March 2025 on Outside In Music. The album featuring musicians such as Taylor Eigsti, Harish Raghavan, Jongkuk Kim, and Lex Korten.

Registration link for free tickets is here!

The YUJC is deeply grateful to the Yale College Arts Discretionary Fund for making this event possible, alongside all those who donated to the Jazz Collective through YaleSOAR.