Music has always been an essential aspect of Samara Joy’s life. The 24-year-old jazz singer’s earliest memory of performing is at eight years old, when the Bronx, N.Y. native recalls singing songs ...

Cutty and Zutty were there. So were Peanuts, Woody, Yank, Wingy, Red, Pee Wee and Willie the Lion.* Sammy Davis Jr. was supposed to come, but he pleaded “fatigue” at the last minute and didn’t show.

One month earlier, several days after Joy celebrated her 23rd birthday, she'd been named a nominee in two categories at the 65th Grammy Awards: best jazz vocal album, for her strong sophomore effort ...

Samara Joy, a 23-year-old jazz singer from the Bronx, was named best new artist at the 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday night, a rare victory by an artist from a relatively specialized field in a category ...

‘KCSM 91.1 The Bay Area’s Jazz Station to the World,’ which explores the radio station’s global reach, premieres Feb. 8 at the Roxie. Most jazz fans know the art form has a deep history in the Bay ...

"The Jazz Singer" premiered Oct. 6, 1927. — -- It was an era that few of us would recognize today. It was the time of the “flapper girl.” Construction had just begun on Mount Rushmore and Calvin ...

At just 25 years old, jazz vocalist Samara Joy has gone from a relative newcomer in the music world to a bona fide star, winning the coveted Grammy Award five consecutive times. Among her other ...

Mr. Champagne Papi turned the Twitter fingers into email fingers. Drake’s sampling tendencies have reached an eclectic peak based on his recent interaction with 82-year-old jazz singer Norma Winstone.

Jazz singer Samara Joy discusses what it was like to win her first Grammy. Jazz has been called the music of resistance. The genre has roots in protest music and is enjoying a resurgence through the ...

Samara Joy McLendon is feeling all of her middle name in this moment: The 23-year-old jazz singer — who performs under her first and middle names — is up for Best New Artist as well as Best Jazz Vocal ...