Sam Braysher - alto saxophone
Colin Oxley - guitar
Jack Garside - double bass

Sam Braysher, “whose warm tone and consonant and inquisitive approach to harmony is attracting growing attention on the British jazz scene” (All About Jazz), is a London-based alto saxophonist, who has received international critical acclaim for his three albums to date. Playing in an intimate trio setting, he is joined by in-demand young double bassist Jack Garside (Mark Kavuma and The Banger Factory) and master guitarist Colin Oxley (Stacey Kent, Dave Newton). This show will take a look at the songs of Harold Arlen, the composer of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, “Get Happy” and “Stormy Weather”. Expect to hear swinging arrangements of classic and lesser-known tunes by one of the greatest American songwriters of the 20th Century.

"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