Samara Joy - Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Highmark Stadium, Southside with pianist Connor Rhorer

Following her 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition win, Samara Joy released her debut album “Samara Joy” in 2021 and has seen her career flourish, performing on “The Today Show” with Hoda and Jenna and at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club. As one of America’s most promising young vocalists, the 22-year-old Bronx native and recent SUNY Purchase graduate puts her spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.

She has a new record coming out on Verve records this month. We talked with her about a week ago:

Sunday lineup includes:

Ledisi; Buster Williams and Something More; Chief Adjuah; Samara Joy; Incognito featuring Maysa Leak; Butcher Brown; the Average White Band