Linger Awhile

Samara Joy  the 'ONCE IN A GENERATION' NEW VOICE IN JAZZ!   Listen to her entire discography including her new single "Sweet Pumpkin"

Samara Joy: Complete Collection

Can't Get Out Of This Mood

Sweet Pumpkin

Sweet Pumpkin (feat. Pasquale Grasso)

'Round Midnight

Guess Who I Saw Today

Social Call

Someone To Watch Over Me (feat. Pasquale Grasso)

Linger Awhile (feat. Pasquale Grasso)

Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)

Misty

I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)

Warm In December

O Holy Night

O Holy Night (feat. The McLendon Family)

Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Duo Version) [feat. Gerald Clayton]

Sweet Pumpkin (Duo Version) [feat. Gerald Clayton]

Guess Who I Saw Today (Duo Version) [feat. Gerald Clayton]

I Miss You So

I'm Afraid (Of Loving You Too Much) [feat. Ben Paterson]

I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key)

Guess Who I Saw Today (New Trio Version)

Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday

Samara Joy is A 'ONCE IN A GENERATION' NEW VOICE IN JAZZ!

With her upcoming Verve Records debut, Linger Awhile, 22-year-old Samara Joy makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymousjazz singing sensation recorded by the venerable label. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her fans like Anita Baker and Regina King, appearances on the TODAY Show and millions of likes on TikTok —cementing her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz singing star. On Linger Awhile, Samara will introduce that massive audience to a slew of classic standards several times older than she is through her timeless, irresistible sound.

Samara 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. She treasures her musical lineage, which stretches back to her grandparents Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, both of whom performed with Philadelphia gospel group the Savettes, and runs through her father, who is a singer, songwriter and producer who toured with gospel artist Andraé Crouch.

The release is just one more step for the ascendant vocalist, who will spend the rest of 2022 touring increasingly large stages —still shocked to be performing in front of thousands who hang on every word. “I'm still very much a student, even though I've graduated,” Samara says. “So this is only the beginning... there is much, much more to come.”

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