JOY, SAMARA
SAMARA JOY (LTD. VIOLET/ORANGE + BLACK SPLATTER) (SECOND RECORDS)
Half violet / half orange vinyl with black splatter. 180g, handnumbered, limited to 700 copies. Samara Joy is a singing star in the ascendancy: the young vocalist attracted attention in 2019 after winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.
Now, the 21-year-old announces her self-titled debut release, which puts her spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.
Produced by Grammy-nominated veteran Matt Pierson, she"s joined by jazz guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso and his trio (Ari Roland and Kenny Washington) for a release that furthers Joy"s reputation as one of America"s most promising young jazz vocalists.