by Joe Lang SASHA’S BLOC has an interesting origin. Russian-born founder Alexander Gershman is a renowned Urologic Surgeon who also happens to be a bass player with a passion for music. He is particularly inspired by the jazz of the 1920s and 1930s. Melancholy is a nine-tune collection of original[…]

Available from CD Baby. Sasha’s Bloc, in Melancholy, has managed to fuse soul with Gershwin with Goodman with rag with gypsy with Leon Redbone with, well, all the best elements of old timey music in a spirited melange that will remind you of those great old Betty Boop cartoons, the Bowery Boys,[…]