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Germany/Netherlands tour with Linus Eppinger
Looking forward to what should be a very fun tour with my good friend, the great guitarist Linus Eppinger. After a quick pit-stop in Hamburg, we’ll be off to the Netherlands for gigs in Breda (at the Jazz Festival), Amsterdam, The Hague and Leiden. See the tour poster below. We’ll be playing with a few different rhythm sections. Check the gig list on this website for more info on personnel.
Review in The Observer by Dave Gelly
“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!
Review in The Times alongside Vincent Herring
Flattered to be featured in a double review by Chris Pearson in The Times. Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man is covered alongside and album the great American saxophonist Vincent Herring. You can read it here, although it’s behind a paywall. The part about my album reads: “There’s more sophisticated swing from another alto saxophonist, the Londoner Sam Braysher, whose trio explore the dustier corners of the Great American Songbook. In their airy persistence his renditions of Shall We Dance? and Little White Lies recall Lee Konitz’s classic Motion. Yet he and the bassist Tom Farmer and…
Album release day!
My album – Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man, with Jorge Rossy and Tom Farmer – is out on all platforms now! You can listen to it on your streaming platform of choice here. Or if you’d like to purchase a CD copy, you can do that here. Hope you enjoy! Here’s a photo, by Maximilano Martinez, from the recording session:
More Press – Feature in London Jazz News and reviews
Some more press has appeared, as the release date for Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man approaches. The album is out on all platforms from this Thursday 22nd April. You can also order CD copies via the shop on this website. Dan Paton wrote a detailed interview/feature piece for London Jazz News, which covers the choice of repertoire on the album, and what it’s like to play with Jorge Rossy and Tom Farmer. Adrian Pallant wrote a review of the album, also for London Jazz News, calling it “an intimate, sun-warmed amble through…
Press for Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man
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 Myer, writing for Jazz Views (click to read the full review), called it: “A triumph of intelligence and sentiment from all in this subtly stand-out recording, with a deceptive simplicity that reveals new depths with each listen.”…