Sam Braysher

Sam Braysher’s new record (2024) takes a closer look at the fascinating music of German-American composer Kurt Weill. The London-based alto saxophonist received widespread acclaim for the two previous albums released under his own name, both of which feature renowned international collaborators. Golden Earrings, with New York pianist Michael Kanan, was described as “delightful and surprising” by Dave Gelly in the Observer, while his recent trio album with Jorge Rossy (Brad Mehldau Trio) and Tom Farmer, was praised in Jazzwise as “a triumph of intelligence and sentiment”. Sam’s busy and varied freelance career has seen him play across Europe in a range of styles, but when leading his own bands, he takes a particular interest in interpreting lesser-played items from the American Songbook and jazz canon. "I can’t think of another alto saxophonist with a sound quite like Sam Braysher’s” **** Dave Gelly, The Observer “Braysher's cool, modernist twist on old songs is just superb” Simon Adams, Jazz Journal "the warm-toned young London saxophonist Sam Braysher is a prize-winning investigator of the early recordings and published music of Jerome Kern, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and many others, and imagines a new jazz closely attuned to an old world." John Fordham, The Guardian