Sabine - Chasing the Dream (2019)

Sabine Pothier, Who likes to go by just “Sabine”, is a Russian-American Pianist and composer. Having any early start at age 6 on piano she was quickly identified as a prodigy and was raised with the finest classical piano training available. By age 15 she was quickly memorizing works of Rachmaninoff and collecting her repertoire of piano masterpieces. Sabine went on to win the Liszt International Competition, the IBLA Grand prize in Italy also the MTNA regional in Minneapolis and the Concerto competition at the Boston conservatory. Achieving her Bachelors in music at the Gnesnin school in Moscow she also completed her graduate certificate at the Boston conservatory and USC Thornton School of Music.
Sabine’s first jazz inspirations came from a record collection she inherited. In the collection she found two albums, one was Louis Armstrong and the other Ella Fitzgerald. The sound captured her imagination, from that day forward she knew her path had changed.
She spent time in the mid-west and D.C. where she was playing with Butch Warren (bass Chick Corea) and Fred Foss (Sax). Working by ear she used her excellent memorization ability to master hundreds of Jazz standards. She moved to Los Angeles and was on the scene playing with the “A” List of cats like, Henry “The Skipper” Franklin”, John B. Williams, Zane Mussa, Clayton Cameron. Also the with diva’s like Barbara Morrison, Sweet Baby Jai, and Michelle Coltrane to name a few.
Sabine recorded a live album in 2014 called “The Keys to The City of Lost Angels”. Now she has produced a studio Album called “Chasing The Dream”. Backed by Tony dumas on bass, Jon Stuart on drums with additional production and mixing by Grammy winning engineer Bob Tucker (The Temptations, India Arie.). She loves the trio setting and feels it opens the music so each musician can really stretch out play.
With her third album coming in fall 2019 Sabine is gaining momentum. She says, “Jazz is the greatest music, my music all about Jazz!”

Sabine would like to thank all who contributed to the making of this music, Acen Mirchev, Rick Baptist,Lance Herring, Micheal Dolpin, Mac McGuire, Alex Kharlamov, Scott Ligett, Chris Delorco, Jeff Rector, Gary Faust, Vernon Espiritu, Cindy Pena, Betty Hoover, Leroy Downs, Timothy Hill, Micheal Barsimanto and Jane Getz

Tracklist:

01. Humpty - Dumpty
02. Blue Jay
03. Chasing the Dream
04. Decision
05. 4 Chick
06. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
07. Good Thoughts
08. Round Midnight
09. Little Funk Tune