I’m playing a few concerts in Spain next week with my good friend, bassist Dario Di Lecce. On 12 and 13 February we’ll be in Madrid at Cafe Central with very swinging Spanish drummer Esteve Pi. Then on 16 Feb we’ll be playing as a trio with the great Valencian pianist Albert Sanz at Jimmy Glass. More info on my gigs page.
I have recently been listening to and reading about the work of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, one of the great writing partnerships of the American Songbook.
I recently got back from a great trip from New York. As well as seeing lots of inspiring music and eating some lovely food, one of my main reasons for making the journey to the city was to make a duo recording with the pianist Michael Kanan.
“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!
I’m recently back from a fun trip to Spain recording with an international quintet featuring Jorge Rossy. We recorded in Jorge’s studio in Begues, a small town outside Barcelona, and the resulting album should be here in the not too distant future. The band (now called Jorge Rossy’s ‘Rebop’) also features Linus Eppinger on guitar,…
I recently read two great books about jazz that paint vivid pictures of important and fascinating times and places in the history of the music. A.B. Spellman’s Four Lives in the Bebop Business is divided into four sections, each one portraying a key figure in the 1960s jazz avant garde: Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Herbie…
I recently my second album as a bandleader. It’s a trio record with Jorge Rossy on drums and Tom Farmer on double bass and we did it in Begues, a small town near Barcelona. Much more info and content to follow, but needless to say I felt very lucky to play with such amazing musicians…