Betty Accorsi is an Italian saxophone player, multi-instrumentalist and composer, currently based in the United Kingdom. 

You can read Germana Stella La Sorsa's interview with Betty in our July 2025 magazine here:

Talking Straight with Germana Stella La Sorsa: Betty Accorsi

Betty is one of our reviewers and you can find her recent articles here:

Live Review: Alison Rayner at The Verdict

Live Review: Elina Duni and Rob Luft at The Verdict

CD Review: Maggie Nichols, Pi

Live Review: Claire Martin at the Brighton Jazz Festival

Betty Accorsi is an award-winning Italian-born saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer based in Brighton. She leads the Betty Accorsi Quartet, a London-based lineup featuring pianist Dan Hewson (Incognito, Groove Armada), bassist Andy Hamill (Van Morrison, Martin Taylor, Ibrahim Maalouf), and drummer Joe Edwards.

Accorsi’s music blends elegant, melodic soprano sax lines with dynamic rhythms, drawing inspiration from European and ECM jazz traditions, from John Surman to Pat Metheny, with echoes of Dvořák, Bartók, Debussy, and Western European folk. Her compositions have been described as: “Melodic, painterly sax lines are complemented touchingly by her natural, heartfelt singing” (BBC Music), “Simply elegant, superbly crafted, sumptuously melodic jazz” (All About Jazz),“a landscape of beautifully played music that is part intimate jazz-bar and part fairytale forest” (Jazz Journal), “a fine set of compositions that give her soprano playing full reign but also showcases her gifts as a vocalist” (Jazz Views), and “a project that connects the poetic with the musical, the ancient with the personal” (Plastic Mag).

She has released three albums: Cutty Sark Suite (2020), Growing Roots (2022), and her latest, Nature Prints (July 2025). She has performed at renowned UK venues and festivals including The Pheasantry, The Verdict, EFG London Jazz Festival, Sidmouth Jazz Festival, Pizza Express Soho.

You can buy Betty's album on Bandcamp here