Previous posts for November 11th are here: Ernestine Anderson (2019) , Ernest Ansermet (2020), Jon Batiste (2021), Marlene VerPlanck (2022), Karl Joseph Toeschi (2023), and Marlene VerPlanck (2024)
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Samara Joy (b. 11 November 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes.
In Praise of Joy
In an interview, film director Regina King called her "a young woman who seems like Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald are both living in her body." -- Wikipedia
Holy cow! The real McCoy!
I'm speaking of Samara Joy!
At twenty-six, this singer has
A place within the world of jazz
That has the critics pulling stops
To find new ways to praise her chops.
But when comparison is drawn
To Ella and to Sarah Vaughan,
You'd think it was hyperbole,
When praising one as young as she,
And then you listen, and it's true,
There's not a thing that she can't do.
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