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Samara Joy

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 is currently recording her debut recording, which will feature Samara backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio. Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence, due to the inspiration of her paternal grandparents, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, who led the well-known Philadelphia-based gospel group, The Savettes. Her father toured with the renowned Gospel artist Andrae Crouch, and 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

Grammy Award-winning Vocalist Samara Joy Kickstarts This Summer’s 2024 North To Shore Festival Marking Her Return To NJPAC For The First Time Since Winning The 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

April 25, 2024

North to Shore Festival presented by Prudential Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7 PM $39-$99 on sale now. NJPAC Prudential Hall | Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 As part of NJPAC’s TD Bank Jazz series, 2x GRAMMY winner Samara Joy returns to the New Jersey ...

New Releases, Grammy Winners, Birthday Celebrations For Blanche Calloway, Carole King & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 19, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Ed Johnson & Novo Tempo, Alliance (led by Sharel Cassity and Coleen Clark), Tierney Sutton and Nubya Garcia, with nods to several Grammy winners and birthday shoutouts to Blanche Calloway, Chick Webb, Carmen Staaf, Jen Allen, and Carole King, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

Kersten Stevens

Kersten Stevens, Queen of The Violin, is a six-time winner of the historic Amateur Night and Showtime at The Apollo; she's performed with music greats Kim Burrell, renowned jazz violinist Regina Carter, international jazz bassist Christian McBride and performed for esteemed notables President Barack Obama, Ray Charles, Denzel Washington, Yanni among others, now celebrates her much anticipated fifth album, QUEEN RISING. 

Her latest release, QUEEN RISING, leads a growing breed of performers innovating jazz authenticity by collaborating with some of the industry's most outstanding and respected musicians. 

New Year, New Releases, Part 2 -- Review of 2023 Recordings & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 15, 2024

The first broadcast of 2024 includes new releases from Mark Winkler plus a single from Rachel Z, Part 2 of my favorite recordings of 2023 with birthday shoutouts to Naama Gheber, Myra Melford, Carol Sudhalter, Georgia Mancio, Christine Tobin, Susannah McCorkle and Rachel Z, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear ...

Linger Awhile [Deluxe Edition]

By Samara Joy

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Can't Get Out of This Mood; Guess Who I Saw Today; Nostalgia (The Day I Knew); Sweet Pumpkin; Misty; Social Call; I'm Confessin' That I Love You; Linger Awhile; 'Round Midnight; Someone to Watch Over Me; I Miss You So; Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday; I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key); I’m Afraid (Of Loving You Too Much); Guess Who I Saw Today (New Trio Version); Can’t Get Out Of This Mood (Duo Version); Sweet Pumpkin (Duo Version); Guess Who I Saw Today (Duo Version); Lush Life.

A Joyful Holiday

By Samara Joy

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Warm In December; Twinkle Twinkle Little Me; The Christmas Song; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; O Holy Night; The Christmas Song.

George Burton, Christian Sands, Isaiah J. Thompson & Kait Dunton

by Joe Dimino
December 24, 2023

Welcome the annual Christmas Hour of jazz music. Kicking off our 2023 edition is keyboardist Kait Dunton with a funky collection of holiday tunes. From there, we dig into a host of new holiday releases by Christian Sands, Isaiah J. Thompson, Adam Shulman and George Burton. We also include a nice duo from Gregory Porter & ...

Tickets Now On Sale For Grammy Award-winning Vocalist Samara Joy At New Jersey Performing Arts Center June 23, 2024

December 19, 2023

Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist SAMARA JOY Returns to NJPAC for the First Time Since Winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Sponsored in part by TD Bank Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7 PM NJPAC Prudential Hall Betty Wold Johnson Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Tickets for ...

Samara Joy And Lee Ritenour Are First Two Headliners Announced For Rochester International Jazz Festival In June 2024

December 8, 2023

CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent today announced the first two headliners for the 21st Edition June 21 to June 29, 2024. The Festival is one of the world's leading jazz festivals, presenting 1750 artists from around the world at 20 venues over nine days. Tickets for both shows go on ...