Jazz at One: Samara Joy
SAMARA JOY is still relatively new to jazz. Growing up in the Bronx, it was music of the past — the music of her parent’s childhoods, as she put it — that she listened to most. Though she’s young, she relishes the process of digging through the music’s history and learning new standards. In 2019, she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, and she’s since performed with legends like CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE and Bill Charlap. Samara makes