Sam Braysher
Schedule
Tue Feb 18 2025 at 07:30 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Western Hotel, Gabriel Street, TR262LU Saint Ives, United Kingdom | St Ives, EN
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WE'RE BACK!!Sam Braysher Trio - 18th February
Sam Braysher - alto saxophone
Andrew Robb - double bass
Steve Brown - drums
Doors Open @ 6.30pm - No pre-booking seats
Music Starts @ 7.30pm
FREE ENTRY/PWYC
Sam Braysher is a London-based alto saxophonist. A regular performer at jazz clubs across Europe, he has received international acclaim for his warm, delicate sound and deep knowledge of the standard repertoire and American Songbook.
He is joined here by an all-star rhythm section: award-winning Scottish double bassist Andrew Robb (Julian Joseph, Alan Benzie Trio), and ultra swinging drummer Steve Brown (Barry Harris, Scott Hamilton Quartet).
Sam’s latest album explores the work of Kurt Weill, a fascinating composer who lies at the intersection of European classical music, jazz, opera and American musical theatre., That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill, was released in 2024 and met with glowing reviews from the UK, Europe, Japan and USA, and received radio play on BBC Radio 3 and Jazz FM. Awarding it a top rating of ‘indispensable’, French outlet Paris Move described the album as a “unique, moving, interconnected, creative, and exceptional entity, all coming together making it far greater than the sum of each individual part. This is the genius of Sam and his friends, knowing how to revisit Weill’s works with all the inspiration of a vast musical culture. Each track, like a treasure hunt, allows us to celebrate the essence of the original works… close to perfection."
Braysher received widespread acclaim for the two albums released previously 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”.
Expect to hear fun, swinging arrangements of items from the American Songbook and jazz canon, including compositions by the likes of George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein and Carlos Antonio Jobim.
Press
"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
"Saxophonist Sam Braysher is like a breath of fresh air. He has an alto sound that doesn’t sound like anyone else, and is a throwback to the classic jazz of the 1950s with a contemporary twist". Jazz Views
"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
“Sam Braysher has a special, distinctive sound to his alto playing: warm and subtle, expressive and thoughtful, with an approach to improvisation that combines melodic beauty and rhythmic deftness. In short, he is the real deal.” Clarinet and Saxophone Magazine
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Where is it happening?
Western Hotel, Gabriel Street, TR262LU Saint Ives, United Kingdom, 2a Gabriel Street, St Ives, TR26 2, United Kingdom,St Ives, CornwallEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
