Samara Joy performs live in concert before a sold-out crowd at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on June 16, 2023. The songs in this live concert playlist, shown in concert order, are Three Little Words (Sarah Vaughan cover), You Stepped Out Of A Dream. Chega de Saudade / No More Blues (Antônio Carlos Jobim cover), and Tight (Betty Carter cover). Samara Joy McLendon is a 24-year-old Grammy Award winning jazz singer from the Bronx, New York. She won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2019. As the winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2023, she became only the second jazz singer to ever do so (the first being Esperanza Spalding). Joining her onstage were Jason Charos (trumpet), David Mason (alto saxophone), Kendric McCallister (tenor saxophone), Donavan Austin (trombone), Cameron Campbell (piano), Michael Migliore (bass), and Evan Sherman (drums). To buy her music and merch, visit www.samarajoy.com and click on Shop. ========================= Samara Joy live tour dates (2023): July 2 - Montréal, Canada @ Monument-National July 7 - Funchal, Portugal @ Funchal Jazz Festival July 9 - Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival July 10 - Juan-les-Pins, France @ Jazz à Juan July 13 - Vienne, France @ Jazz à Vienne July 14 - Valletta, Malta @ Malta Jazz Festival July 16 - Perugia, Italy @ Umbria Jazz Festival July 18 - Molde, Norway @ Molde International Jazz Festival July 20 - Santander, Spain @ Festival de Jazz de Santander July 21 - San Javier, Spain @ Auditorio Municipal Parque Almansa July 22 - Stuttgart, Germany @ Schlossplatz July 24 - Montpelier, France @ Amphithéâtre du Domaine d'O July 25 - Marseille, France @ Jardins du Palais Longchamp July 27 - Marciac, France @ Chapiteau Aug. 4 - Katonah, NY @ Caramoor Center For Music And The Arts Aug. 6 - Newport, Rhode Island @ Newport Jazz Festival Aug. 31 - Provincetown, MA @ Provincetown Town Hall Sept. 3 - Washington DC @ DC Jazz Festival Sept. 4 - Detroit, MI @ Detroit Jazz Festival Sept. 12 - Montlouis-sur-Loire, France @ Festival Jazz en Touraine Sept. 15 - Eisenstadt, Austria @ Haydn Theatre Sept. 21 - Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Center For The Arts Sept. 23 - Long Beach, CA @ Carpenter Performing Arts Center Sept. 24 - Monterey, CA @ Monterey Jazz Festival Sept. 28 - Seattle, WA @ Jazz Alley Oct. 4 - Davis, CA @ Mondavi Center Oct. 15 - Denver, CO @ Newman Center Oct. 22 - Brookville, NY @ Tilles Center Oct. 24 - Columbia, MO @ Missouri Theatre ====================== Samara Joy - SFJazz official show announcement: At 23, Samara Joy is already setting the music world ablaze. Her 2022 Verve Records debut Linger Awhile has earned her two well-deserved Grammy wins, for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best New Artist — the first time a jazz musician has won the prestigious newcomer’s award since Esperanza Spalding over a decade ago. Hailing from a family of musicians in the Bronx with roots in gospel, Joy began her journey with jazz at age 17, winning Best Vocalist honors at Lincoln Center’s “Essentially Ellington” competition. Within two years she was a star student of piano legend Barry Harris and bowled over a panel including Christian McBride, Jane Monheit, and Dee Dee Bridgewater to win the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Since then, Joy’s profile has risen exponentially through the release of her self-titled debut in 2021 and winning Best New Artist in 2021’s JazzTimes Critics Poll. She has introduced legions of young fans to the Great American Songbook through her TikTok account and released the Grammy-winning Linger Awhile in 2022. It’s not an accident that Joy was signed to Verve Records — the label built specifically around Ella Fitzgerald — since the young singer is clearly on the path to continue the tradition of the First Lady of Song and conquer new worlds along the way.