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Khan Younis 8:480:00/8:48
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“…..Berliner plays, composes and leads her band with maturity and artistic presence rarely attained. […] Berliner is in the firmament of the here and now in modern jazz, and appears likely to occupy that upper stratosphere for some time to come.”
- All About Jazz
“Berliner is already a very mature instrumentalist […] maybe she’s the best vibraphone player to emerge in decades.”
- Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Brazilian record producer
“Naturally percussive, with an ever-expanding grasp of harmony and counterpoint […] vibraphonist Sasha Berliner is one of the most exciting voices in jazz today.”
- Andrew Bradbury, Stetson Stories
Described as a "young mallet master" by JazzTimes, Sasha Berliner is an award winning vibraphonist and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. The Downbeat Critics Poll #1 Rising Star Vibraphonist and NPR Jazz Night in America's Class of 2024 Youngbloods pick has notably shared the stage for recent projects with Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey, Marcus Gilmore, The HR Big Band, and Cecile Mclorin Salvant, and leads her own quintet for international touring. She has also collaborated on recordings with non-jazz artists such as rapper Juicy J, The Free Nationals, and Flea, bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
She has three studio albums, Azalea (2019), Onyx (2022) on JMI Recordings, and Fantome (2025) on Outside In Records. Azalea prominently featured sociopolitical undertones, a mixing of acoustic and electric soundscapes, and her official introduction to her improvisational command on the vibraphone.
JazzWise described her music on Onyx as a “unique brand of obliquely impressionist Milesian electric jazz and (a) Gary Burton-inspired four-mallet approach”. Fantome has been described as “complex and accessible, effortlessly borrowing from pop, rock, and funk while remaining resolutely jazz – vibrant, lyrical, and imbued with a poetic sensibility [...]”, also paying tribute to her time in NYC jazz scene prior to moving to Los Angeles.
Sasha is both a Vater Drumsticks and a Ludwig/Musser artist, and has recently joined forces with Alternate Mode for their electronic midi vibraphone, the MalletKAT. The latter is a part of her latest project, her electric band “Arts & Sciences”, which will debut the first studio recordings in summer of 2026. The project, which will result in an ongoing set of EP releases, is slated to be the most progressive and exciting rendition of her music to date, fundamentally reshaping what playing the vibraphone means in 2026.