Sam Braysher/Linus Eppinger Quartet

A truly international, multi-generational band, the Sam Braysher-Linus Eppinger Quartet launches its debut album on the iconic Spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent. With a sound rooted in the classic swinging jazz of the '50s and '60s, the band's varied repertoire includes music associated with Horace Silver, Dusty Springfield, Benny Goodman, George Cables and Frank Sinatra.

Critically acclaimed London saxophonist Sam Braysher co-leads this formation with Linus Eppinger, a charismatic Amsterdam-based guitarist.

These two friends and rising stars of European jazz join forces with two of the continent’s great veteran rhythm section players (Eric Ineke and Darryl Hall) on a programme that is by turns groovy, fun and heartfelt.

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 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 on A Sinner Kissed an Angel includes music associated with Horace Silver, Dusty Springfield, Benny Goodman, George Cables and Frank Sinatra.

The pair are joined by a truly world class rhythm section: Eric Ineke, a legend of Dutch jazz, whose hard-swinging beat has accompanied Dexter Gordon, George Coleman, Al Cohn, Johnny Griffin, Barry Harris and so many others; and Darryl Hall, the powerful American double bassist who won the Thelonious Monk jazz prize before working with Cedar Walton, Ravi Coltrane and Carmen Lundy.

""I can’t think of another alto saxophonist with a sound quite like Sam Braysher’s” " - Dave Gelly, The Observer