Roberta Donnay
@robertadonnay.bsky.social
Musician! Recording Artist, Producer, Composer #vocal #music #film #TV #composer #blues #jazz #writer #womeninjazz
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Booking: [email protected]
San Francisco robertadonnay.com
FB: robertadonnay
Insta: @donnayroberta
Twitter: @robertadonnay
Here's an early video of Prohibition Mob recording "Oh Papa" song originally done by Ma Rainey..
video by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #blues #history #roots #music #recordingartist #vocals #recording #production @followers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwqJ...
video by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #blues #history #roots #music #recordingartist #vocals #recording #production @followers
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Roberta Donnay - Oh Papa
YouTube video by Eddy Bee Images
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December 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Here's an early video of Prohibition Mob recording "Oh Papa" song originally done by Ma Rainey..
video by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #blues #history #roots #music #recordingartist #vocals #recording #production @followers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwqJ...
video by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #blues #history #roots #music #recordingartist #vocals #recording #production @followers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwqJ...
Happy and Merry! Here's our version (Bob Dorough and me) of "Baby It's Cold Outside" with surprise ending... what a great tune, wow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DA2...
#jazz #vocals #bobdorough #robertadonnay #holidays #holidaysongs #xmas #christmas #hannukah #itscoldoutside
#romance #musicians
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#jazz #vocals #bobdorough #robertadonnay #holidays #holidaysongs #xmas #christmas #hannukah #itscoldoutside
#romance #musicians
Bob Dorough & Roberta Donnay - Baby, It's Cold Outside
YouTube video by Eddy Bee Images
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December 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy and Merry! Here's our version (Bob Dorough and me) of "Baby It's Cold Outside" with surprise ending... what a great tune, wow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DA2...
#jazz #vocals #bobdorough #robertadonnay #holidays #holidaysongs #xmas #christmas #hannukah #itscoldoutside
#romance #musicians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DA2...
#jazz #vocals #bobdorough #robertadonnay #holidays #holidaysongs #xmas #christmas #hannukah #itscoldoutside
#romance #musicians
If you're planning to go hear my group tonite @ Sonoma Speakeasy, the fabulous Pamela Rose is subbing for me. I came down with the flu bug and am staying in!
Danny Caron-guitar, Simon Planting-bass, Mark Lee-drums..
I'm sure it will be a great nite there!
Please stay well and don't kiss anyone 🙂
Danny Caron-guitar, Simon Planting-bass, Mark Lee-drums..
I'm sure it will be a great nite there!
Please stay well and don't kiss anyone 🙂
December 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you're planning to go hear my group tonite @ Sonoma Speakeasy, the fabulous Pamela Rose is subbing for me. I came down with the flu bug and am staying in!
Danny Caron-guitar, Simon Planting-bass, Mark Lee-drums..
I'm sure it will be a great nite there!
Please stay well and don't kiss anyone 🙂
Danny Caron-guitar, Simon Planting-bass, Mark Lee-drums..
I'm sure it will be a great nite there!
Please stay well and don't kiss anyone 🙂
It's that time! Time for an original (film&TV) song I wrote for my publisher at that time, a few aeons ago. Eddy Bee Images did the video here.
#xmas #christmas #jazz #musician #recordingartist #musicproducer #recording
#robertadonnay #holidays #happyholidays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvK...
#xmas #christmas #jazz #musician #recordingartist #musicproducer #recording
#robertadonnay #holidays #happyholidays
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Roberta Donnay - Hey Santa Ho Santa
YouTube video by Roberta Donnay
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It's that time! Time for an original (film&TV) song I wrote for my publisher at that time, a few aeons ago. Eddy Bee Images did the video here.
#xmas #christmas #jazz #musician #recordingartist #musicproducer #recording
#robertadonnay #holidays #happyholidays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvK...
#xmas #christmas #jazz #musician #recordingartist #musicproducer #recording
#robertadonnay #holidays #happyholidays
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvK...
from ABRAHAM-HICKS UNIVERSE
on fb today. Haha
on fb today. Haha
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
from ABRAHAM-HICKS UNIVERSE
on fb today. Haha
on fb today. Haha
Join us @6pm today Mac's @19 Broadway Fairfax for a Holiday Party and speakeasy show
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#jazz #blues #holiday #christmas #xmas #fairfax #Marincounty #sanfrancisco #sfbayarea #swingmusic #dancers
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#jazz #blues #holiday #christmas #xmas #fairfax #Marincounty #sanfrancisco #sfbayarea #swingmusic #dancers
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Jazz Band – Live at Mac's
A vintage jazz night you can’t miss — Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob bring 1920s glamour and swing to Fairfax!
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November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Join us @6pm today Mac's @19 Broadway Fairfax for a Holiday Party and speakeasy show
www.eventbrite.com/e/roberta-do...
#jazz #blues #holiday #christmas #xmas #fairfax #Marincounty #sanfrancisco #sfbayarea #swingmusic #dancers
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#jazz #blues #holiday #christmas #xmas #fairfax #Marincounty #sanfrancisco #sfbayarea #swingmusic #dancers
Here's our live version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" from 2011 #yoshis #oakland #santaclaus #jazz #christmas #xmas Rich Armstrong-trumpet, Sam Bevan-bass, John R. Burr-piano @YoshisOak
www.youtube.com/watch? v=C0mDlatItcQ&list=RDC0mDlatItcQ&start_radio=1
www.youtube.com/watch? v=C0mDlatItcQ&list=RDC0mDlatItcQ&start_radio=1
Roberta Donnay - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Live)
YouTube video by Eddy Bee Images
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November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Here's our live version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" from 2011 #yoshis #oakland #santaclaus #jazz #christmas #xmas Rich Armstrong-trumpet, Sam Bevan-bass, John R. Burr-piano @YoshisOak
www.youtube.com/watch? v=C0mDlatItcQ&list=RDC0mDlatItcQ&start_radio=1
www.youtube.com/watch? v=C0mDlatItcQ&list=RDC0mDlatItcQ&start_radio=1
I just read that Jimmy Cliff passed Nov 24th at age 81
#RIPJimmyCliff ! May you fly high with all your loved ones.
We used to cover "The Harder They Come" and "Many Rivers To Cross" - so many beautiful songs.. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
#music #legend #reggae #soul #singer #icon
#RIPJimmyCliff ! May you fly high with all your loved ones.
We used to cover "The Harder They Come" and "Many Rivers To Cross" - so many beautiful songs.. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
#music #legend #reggae #soul #singer #icon
Jimmy Cliff, 'The Harder They Come' Reggae Giant, Dead at 81
Jimmy Cliff, the reggae legend who helped spread the genre’s reach from Jamaica to the world with ‘The Harder They Come,’ has died at the age of 81.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I just read that Jimmy Cliff passed Nov 24th at age 81
#RIPJimmyCliff ! May you fly high with all your loved ones.
We used to cover "The Harder They Come" and "Many Rivers To Cross" - so many beautiful songs.. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
#music #legend #reggae #soul #singer #icon
#RIPJimmyCliff ! May you fly high with all your loved ones.
We used to cover "The Harder They Come" and "Many Rivers To Cross" - so many beautiful songs.. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
#music #legend #reggae #soul #singer #icon
I'm singing Miley's version of "Santa Baby" at the next two shows (Nov 30 with Prohibition Mob and Dec 10 with Swing Rays Big Band)! @mileycyrus www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCNs...
@followers #xmas #santa #christmas #xmassong
#vocalist #lyrics
@followers #xmas #santa #christmas #xmassong
#vocalist #lyrics
Miles Cyrus take on Santa Baby 😁🎅
YouTube video by Cutie Maire Andria
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November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I'm singing Miley's version of "Santa Baby" at the next two shows (Nov 30 with Prohibition Mob and Dec 10 with Swing Rays Big Band)! @mileycyrus www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCNs...
@followers #xmas #santa #christmas #xmassong
#vocalist #lyrics
@followers #xmas #santa #christmas #xmassong
#vocalist #lyrics
Leonard Bernstein Introduces 7‑Year-Old Yo-Yo Ma: Watch the Youngster Perform for John F. Kennedy (1962)
Leonard Bernstein Introduces 7‑Year-Old Yo-Yo Ma: Watch the Youngster Perform for John F. Kennedy (1962)
Asked to think of a virtuoso cellist, many of us immediately imagine Yo-Yo Ma, not just because of his considerable skill but also because of the sheer length of his residency in popular culture.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NOV 30 - 6pm - Prohibition Mob invades Fairfax, CA! Richard Nelson-Hall, Mark Lee, Heshima Mark Williams
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#jazz #swingmusic #dancers #swingdance #blues #livemusic #marincounty #nov30 #sfbayarea #vocalist #recordingartist #fairfax
@followers
macsat19broadway.com
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#jazz #swingmusic #dancers #swingdance #blues #livemusic #marincounty #nov30 #sfbayarea #vocalist #recordingartist #fairfax
@followers
Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Jazz Band – Live at Mac's
A vintage jazz night you can’t miss — Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob bring 1920s glamour and swing to Fairfax!
www.eventbrite.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
NOV 30 - 6pm - Prohibition Mob invades Fairfax, CA! Richard Nelson-Hall, Mark Lee, Heshima Mark Williams
macsat19broadway.com
www.eventbrite.com/e/roberta-do...
#jazz #swingmusic #dancers #swingdance #blues #livemusic #marincounty #nov30 #sfbayarea #vocalist #recordingartist #fairfax
@followers
macsat19broadway.com
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#jazz #swingmusic #dancers #swingdance #blues #livemusic #marincounty #nov30 #sfbayarea #vocalist #recordingartist #fairfax
@followers
Reposted by Roberta Donnay
And I hate brussels sprouts.
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And I hate brussels sprouts.
TONITE! @ Sonoma Speakeasy sonomaspeakeasy.com Prohibition Mob invades Sonoma! Richard Nelson-Hall, Mark Lee, Danny Caron..#jazz #swingmusic #dancers #swingdance #blues #livemusic #sonomacounty #nov15 #speakeasy #1920s #1930s #roots #music #sfbayarea #vocalist #recordingartist
@followers
@followers
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
TONITE! @ Sonoma Speakeasy sonomaspeakeasy.com Prohibition Mob invades Sonoma! Richard Nelson-Hall, Mark Lee, Danny Caron..#jazz #swingmusic #dancers #swingdance #blues #livemusic #sonomacounty #nov15 #speakeasy #1920s #1930s #roots #music #sfbayarea #vocalist #recordingartist
@followers
@followers
"I am distressed.Almost discouraged.And fatigued to the point of feeling slightly ill.What I am doing is no good.And in spite of your confidence I am very much afraid that my efforts will all lead to nothing."- Claude Monet
#artist #arts #painter #encouragement
#artist #arts #painter #encouragement
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"I am distressed.Almost discouraged.And fatigued to the point of feeling slightly ill.What I am doing is no good.And in spite of your confidence I am very much afraid that my efforts will all lead to nothing."- Claude Monet
#artist #arts #painter #encouragement
#artist #arts #painter #encouragement
Nancy Wilson The Very Thought Of You
YouTube video by Deborah Lynn
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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Is this cool, or what? Marlon Brando Changed Acting Forever...
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#acting #entertainment #entertainmentindustry #movies #film #filmactor #filmactors
@followers
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#acting #entertainment #entertainmentindustry #movies #film #filmactor #filmactors
@followers
How Marlon Brando Changed Acting: Inside a Scene from On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando has now been gone for more than two decades, and so thoroughgoing was his impact on the art of film acting that younger generations of movie-lovers may have trouble pinning down what, ex...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Is this cool, or what? Marlon Brando Changed Acting Forever...
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#acting #entertainment #entertainmentindustry #movies #film #filmactor #filmactors
@followers
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#acting #entertainment #entertainmentindustry #movies #film #filmactor #filmactors
@followers
Reposted by Roberta Donnay
The Brilliant Engineering That Made Venice: How a City Was Built on Water
The Brilliant Engineering That Made Venice: How a City Was Built on Water
Many of us have put off a visit to Venice for fear of the hordes of tourists who roam its streets and boat down its canals day in and day out. To judge by the most visible of its economic activity, th...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Brilliant Engineering That Made Venice: How a City Was Built on Water
Reposted by Roberta Donnay
Billie Holiday’s aura could fill a room before she even sang a note
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Billie Holiday’s aura could fill a room before she even sang a note
Reposted by Roberta Donnay
“My only weapon is my pen.”
— Sly Stone
— Sly Stone
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“My only weapon is my pen.”
— Sly Stone
— Sly Stone
November shows!
Nov 15 - 8:30pm Sonoma Speakeasy Sonoma CA
Nov 30 - 6pm Mac's at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
Nov 12 - 7pm w/Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera
photo by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
@followers
Nov 15 - 8:30pm Sonoma Speakeasy Sonoma CA
Nov 30 - 6pm Mac's at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
Nov 12 - 7pm w/Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera
photo by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
@followers
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
November shows!
Nov 15 - 8:30pm Sonoma Speakeasy Sonoma CA
Nov 30 - 6pm Mac's at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
Nov 12 - 7pm w/Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera
photo by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
@followers
Nov 15 - 8:30pm Sonoma Speakeasy Sonoma CA
Nov 30 - 6pm Mac's at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
Nov 12 - 7pm w/Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera
photo by Eddy Bee Images
#jazz #bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
@followers
November schedule!
11/12 - 7pm with Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera CA
11/15 - 8:30pm @sonomaspeakeasymusic Sonoma CA
11/30 - 6pm @macs19 Mac’s at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
#jazz
#bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
#marin #sfbayarea
11/12 - 7pm with Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera CA
11/15 - 8:30pm @sonomaspeakeasymusic Sonoma CA
11/30 - 6pm @macs19 Mac’s at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
#jazz
#bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
#marin #sfbayarea
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
November schedule!
11/12 - 7pm with Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera CA
11/15 - 8:30pm @sonomaspeakeasymusic Sonoma CA
11/30 - 6pm @macs19 Mac’s at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
#jazz
#bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
#marin #sfbayarea
11/12 - 7pm with Swing Rays Big Band Corte Madera CA
11/15 - 8:30pm @sonomaspeakeasymusic Sonoma CA
11/30 - 6pm @macs19 Mac’s at 19 Broadway Fairfax CA
#jazz
#bigband #blues #livemusic #dance
#swingmusic #swingdance #fairfax #sonomacounty #sonoma #marincounty
#marin #sfbayarea
YOU'RE THE TOP
by Cole Porter
Anita O'Day's version has hipper lyrics last half.. Like bebop central!
#jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bO...
by Cole Porter
Anita O'Day's version has hipper lyrics last half.. Like bebop central!
#jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bO...
You're The Top
YouTube video by Anita O'Day - Topic
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October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
YOU'RE THE TOP
by Cole Porter
Anita O'Day's version has hipper lyrics last half.. Like bebop central!
#jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bO...
by Cole Porter
Anita O'Day's version has hipper lyrics last half.. Like bebop central!
#jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bO...
Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Big Sid Catlett and Oscar Pettiford, Metropolitan Opera House, NYC, January, 1944...
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TODAY @5pm! Fairfax CA Mac's at 19 Broadway
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#jazz #blues #swingmusic #dancers #marincounty
#livemusic #speakeasy #bar #friends
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#jazz #blues #swingmusic #dancers #marincounty
#livemusic #speakeasy #bar #friends
Roberta Donnay & Her Prohibition Mob — Speakeasy Show at Mac’s!
Dress with flair, sip something smooth, and let Roberta & her Prohibition Mob take you back to a time when jazz ruled the night.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
TODAY @5pm! Fairfax CA Mac's at 19 Broadway
www.eventbrite.com/e/roberta-do...
#jazz #blues #swingmusic #dancers #marincounty
#livemusic #speakeasy #bar #friends
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#jazz #blues #swingmusic #dancers #marincounty
#livemusic #speakeasy #bar #friends