Samara Joy visits Seattle this month, performing with the Pasquale Grasso Trio. A second show has been added to her scheduled appearance at Jazz Alleyon June 27.
Before releasing her self-titled debut album in 2021, the young jazz vocalist from New York was named an Ella Fitzgerald Scholar and won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.
Since graduating from SUNY Purchase's jazz studies program, Joy has entered the "bigger classroom" performing and touring.
KNKX Jazz Reporter Robin Lloyd spoke with Joy about being inspired by her family, her teachers and mentors— including the legendary jazz educator Barry Harris; learning even more on the bandstand, and her hopes for the future.
