Samara Joy

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Samara Joy McLendon grew up in the Bronx in a family of gospel singers. She discovered jazz only during her studies and in 2019 won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald are her most important role models. Her warm, rich voice and classic repertoire from the Great American Songbook brought her a large, young audience through social media. In 2023 she won the Grammy for Best New Artist, as the second jazz musician after Esperanza Spalding. On Portrait (2024) she sings with an octet of her own.

Listening

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  Can't Get Out of This Mood · Samara Joy, 2022
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  Guess Who I Saw Today · Samara Joy, 2022
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  No More Blues · Samara Joy, 2024

Discography

Studio albums

• 2021Samara Joy
• 2022Linger Awhile
• 2023LINGER AWHILE LONGER (JAPAN SPECIAL EDITION)
• 2024Portrait

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 4^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Vocal jazz GenreIn the Netherlands, Rita Reys and Ann Burton became known; today, singers include Cécile McLorin Salvant and Samara Joy.

See also

• Linger Awhile
• Vocal jazz