Samara Joy has only been out of college since May 2021 and at the young age of 24, she has been hailed as the gen-Z voice of jazz. She won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan international Jazz Voice competition, has since released two albums, won two Grammy awards for her album 'Linger Awhile' including the prestigious award for best new artist in 2022 and has been nominated already for another this year.
Sunday night she finished her tour at the Barbican, closing the EFG London Jazz Festival to a sold out audience, ending with a standing ovation. No doubt!
She started with the most chilling a cappella version of Mingus' 'Reincarnation of a Lovebird', to which she had written her own lyrics. The room was silent as she weaved her way through the piece, perhaps in shock that this was only the beginning. When the band came in, the audience erupted and there was a gargantuan exhale felt throughout.
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