Jazz fan and photographer Joe McCarty documents the gigs at the White Horse in Bedford, which drummer Mark Hale presents to a faithful crowd each Monday. Here’s one Joe took of me. Check the rest of his photos here.
Jazz fan and photographer Joe McCarty documents the gigs at the White Horse in Bedford, which drummer Mark Hale presents to a faithful crowd each Monday. Here’s one Joe took of me. Check the rest of his photos here.
I was kindly invited to be interviewed on Radio 3’s Jazz Now programme a few weeks back. Emma Smith asked me some questions about influences, my album with Michael Kanan and our forthcoming tour, as well as playing a few tracks. You can listen to the whole show, which also features a broadcast of a…
I wrote this on my old website a while ago, but thought I would repost here. I’ve been learning this Charlie Parker solo recently (transcription here). It was recorded in 1943, towards the start of Bird’s career and, although his style is plainly not yet fully formed, it is one of my favourite examples of his…
Happy to have some gigs coming up to promote my new album (more on that soon). Here’s a poster with some dates in the first half of 2024. Head over to my gigs page for more info and tickets. See you out there!
“I can’t think of another saxophonist with a sound quite like Sam Braysher’s…” Incredibly nice four-star review by Dave Gelly in The Observer here. Very flattering!
My new single is out now on all platforms. ”One Note Samba” or “Samba de uma Nota So”, to give it its Brazilian title, is an amazing composition by Antonio Carlos Jobim. You can watch our take on it here: Filmed in one long shot by Maximiliano Martinez. You can also listen on Spotify here….
Very happy to be welcoming Michael Kanan to the UK for the album release tour of our album, Golden Earrings. We’re playing eight gigs across a week in September. Hope you can join us! The dates are: 7th: Café Jazz, Cardiff 8th: The Verdict, Brighton* 9th: Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead* 10th: Seven…