Samara Joy was first played on NTS on 17 December 2023. Songs played include Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

Samara Joy is an American singer. Joy won the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2019, and, aged just 21, she is already a fixture of New York’s jazz clubs. Her debut album SAMARA JOY sees her present her take on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, backed by Pasquale Grasso and his trio, with Ari Roland and Kenny Washington.

Joy grew up in the Bronx, the grandparents of the founders of the Philadelphia-based gospel group The Savettes. Joy has already performed at…