Sam Braysher Quartet Featuring Linus Eppinger

Sam Braysher - alto saxophone
Linus Eppinger - guitar
Dave Green - double bass
Steve Brown - drumsSam 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 widespread critical acclaim for his three albums to date.He is joined by special guest Linus Eppinger, a young guitarist who takes inspiration from the bluesy swagger of Wes Montgomery and George Benson and is now one of Amsterdam's busiest musicians.2026 sees Sam and Linus releasing an album on the iconic Spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent. With a sound rooted in the classic swinging jazz of the '50s and '60s, their varied repertoire includes music associated with Horace Silver, Dusty Springfield, Benny Goodman, George Cables and Frank Sinatra.The pair are joined by a classic rhythm of British jazz: ultra-swinging drummer Steve Brown (Scott Hamilton, Barry Harris), and double bass legend Dave Green, who has accompanied Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins and so many others.Press"I cant think of another alto saxophonist with a sound quite like Sam Braysher's ★★★★ Dave Gelly, The ObserverEppinger shows a musical maturity that is unparalleled for such a young musician Jazzism.Braysher's cool, modernist twist on old songs is just superb Simon Adams, Jazz Journal"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