More album release tour dates

I played live on BBC Radio 3 a few weeks ago with Alex Mendham & His Orchestra, which plays authentic 1920s/30s jazz and dance music and is resident at the Savoy Hotel in London. You can see footage from one of the tunes we played here, or listen to the audio from the whole show (In…

Bud Powell’s solo on Celia, the pianist’s own composition named for his daughter, is one of the great bebop performances. A real one-chorus-wonder, it appears on the album Jazz Giant, which comprises two trio sessions: one recorded in 1949 with Ray Brown and Max Roach, and one from 1950 with Roach and Curley Russell.

It’s still early days, with the album release a few weeks away yet, but I’ve been flattered to get some really nice reviews of my new record already. The full album – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man, by Sam Braysher with Jorge Rossy and Tom Farmer – is released everywhere on 22nd April. Eddie…

Looking forward to reuniting with the incredible pianist and magical accompanist Michael Kanan at the 606 Club in Chelsea on Weds 6 November. Michael and I recorded together, releasing an album in 2017. I was fortunate to tour with Michael a couple of times subsequently, and we had a planned tour in 2020 that was…

I’m really looking forward to playing a set at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston this Tuesday 1st August, opening for incredible pianist and fellow Norfolk boy Kit Downes. Can’t wait to hear Kit’s set – he’ll be joined by Sam Lasserson on bass and Colin Stranahan, who’s over from New York, on drums. I’m playing with Conor Chaplin…

Looking forward to playing some UK dates with my friend Linus Eppinger next week. Linus is a fantastic German guitarist who lives in Amsterdam. I had the pleasure of playing some dates in Germany and the Netherlands with him last year, so it’s great to be able to fix up some gigs with him over…