Sean Payne Quartet

Sean Payne (Sax), Caris Hermes (Bass), Jerry Lu (Piano), Kai Craig (Drums)
Since performing in the final of the first ever BBC Young Jazz Musician Of The Year (2014) at the age of 13, Sean has worked regularly as a freelance musician around the UK and Europe. Sean was a member of Clark Tracey's Quintet (2017-2020) and alongside that, has had sideman experience working with musicians such as Seamus Blake, Gwilym Simcock, Francesca Tandoi, Soweto Kinch, Laurence Cottle, Pablo Held, Nigel Hitchcock, Kit Downes, Benjamin Herman and Mark Nightingale, to name a few.
He has also had the opportunity to sit in with many other notable players such as
Joey Calderazzo, Gregory Hutchinson, Aaron Goldberg, Jorge Rossy and Ben Van Gelder.
Sean has performed in Venues across the UK and Europe, as both a Sideman and a Leader. Some highlights include; Ronnie Scott’s, Bimhius, A Trane, Stadtgarten, The Royal Albert Hall, Duc Des Lombards, Telekom Forum Bonn, Jazz A Vienne, Festival Da Jazz St Moritz,
LantarenVester, Sounds, TivoliVredenburg, Pizza Express Soho & King Georg.
At 18, Sean was the youngest member of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition, held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel.
Sean was a recipient of the Elton John Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music from 2018-2022, and Graduated with First Class Honours. Whilst studying at the Academy; Sean had the opportunity to Study and Perform with Musicians such as Craig Taborn, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Will Vinson, Tim Garland and Stan Sulzmann.
In January 2023, Sean recorded his Debut Album, featuring
Kai Craig on Drums, Rainer Böhm on Piano & Matthias Pichler on Bass.