Sam Braysher featuring Annie Majin: Kurt Weill and the American Songbook

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Sam Braysher showcases his new project at Norden Farm. Sam Braysher featuring Annie Majin: Kurt Weill and the American Songbook is at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Thursday 9 May at 8pm. Tickets are £16.

The musician explores the work of Kurt Weill (1900 – 1950). He was a fascinating composer who lies at the intersection of European classical music, jazz, opera and American musical theatre. Weill was known for his collaboration with Bertolt Brecht which led to some of his most important works including The Threepenny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins. He also became an established composer on the American musical theatre scene and his songs form standards of the Great American Songbook.

Sam Braysher is a London based jazz saxophonist. He is a regular performer at jazz clubs across Europe and has received international acclaim for his warm, delicate sound and deep knowledge of the standard repertoire and American Songbook. Sam graduated with first class honours from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was a Chartered Surveyor’s Prize winner and an Artis Fellow.

He is joined by two rising stars of London’s thriving jazz scene. Annie Majin’s charming, powerful voice is inspired by Barbara Streisand and the sounds of classic Broadway shows. Annie likes to tell stories through her songs and has uniquely tender vocals which are authentically vintage.

Hungarian pianist Matyas Gayer has played accompanist to jazz legends Eddie Henderson, Jesse Davis and others. He is one of the few leading figures in the new generation of jazz musicians. He’s known to be one of a handful of young pianists who is successfully forging his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the greatness of a jazz piano.

Expect to hear classic songs such as Mack The Knife, My Ship and September Song in addition to hidden gems from the Weill catalogue and music by adjacent American Broadway composers like Rodgers and Hammerstein, Gershwin and Harold Arlen.