With a voice as smooth as velvet, Samara Joy’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she has been busy recording her debut album SAMARA JOY. Tipped as one of America’s most promising young vocalists, the Bronx-native puts her spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook and will feature Samara backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio.
Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence for Samara—her home was filled with the sounds of not only her father’s songs and songwriting process, but the inspiration of many Gospel and R&B artists, including Stevie Wonder, Lalah Hathaway, George Duke, Musiq Soulchild, Kim Burrell, Commissioned, and many others.