In 2021, jazz vocalist Samara Joy graduated from college. Months later, she released her first album. Now, she has three. She's won three Grammys and is up for two more for her latest Christmas ...

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy, now 25, has won three Grammys. But when she auditioned for the jazz studies program in college, she says she knew just one jazz song. That jazz song, and a hymn, got her ...

Joy to the world! Samara Joy that is! As well as newly released music from Keith Jarrett, Renee Rosnes and John Hollenbeck with the NDR Bigband. Playlist Anne Sajdera “It's Here" from It's Here ...

The splicing together of “Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True”, the first co-written by Joy and tenor saxist Kendric McCallister, the second a song from Sun Ra’s felicitously titled album Sound of Joy, was ...

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 ...

SPECIAL: This time on the Night Train we give the Latin Jazz Drummers some. We’ll hear Tito Puente, Patato, Mongo Santamaria, Poncho Sanchez, Dafnis Prieto, Ray Baretto, Bobby Sanabria and more. We’ll ...

Special Pre-Sale Code for Buffalo Rising Readers for “A JOYFUL HOLIDAY featuring SAMARA and the McLENDON FAMILY.” It’s Christmas in July as The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts ...

When three-time Grammy winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy McLendon was just a girl growing up in the Bronx, she watched her Philly-based grandparents, Elder Goldwire McLendon and Ruth Byrd, load ...

The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts (UBCFA) will present jazz vocalist sensation, Samara Joy, in a concert celebrating the season in "A Joyful Holiday” featuring Samara and the McLendon ...

To get ready for her upcoming tour, Samara Joy is cleaning house—literally. Samara Joy performs at a ‘New York Evening With Samara Joy’ at The Greene Space on October 8, 2024 in New York City.

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Samara Joy graduated from college, released three albums, and won three Grammys. She's selling out concerts around the U.S. and Europe, all while being compared to jazz royalty.