Samara Joy W/ The Pasquale Grasso Trio at The Falcon

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Absolutely Live Entertainment. Curated by Danny Melnick

“You'd never suspect the power she packs!” - — Keanna Faircloth, WBGO

Celebrating the release of her self-titled debut, Samara Joy performs jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook. She is joined by Pasquale Grasso, an exciting and distinctive jazz guitarist.
Although having only recently celebrated her 21st birthday, Samara has already performed in many of the great jazz venues in NYC, including Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Blue Note, and Mezzrow, in addition to working with jazz greats such as Christian McBride, Pasquale Grasso, Kirk Lightsey, Cyrus Chestnut, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris....

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Presented by
Absolutely Live Entertainment. Curated by Danny Melnick

“You'd never suspect the power she packs!” - — Keanna Faircloth, WBGO

Celebrating the release of her self-titled debut, Samara Joy performs jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook. She is joined by Pasquale Grasso, an exciting and distinctive jazz guitarist.
Although having only recently celebrated her 21st birthday, Samara has already performed in many of the great jazz venues in NYC, including Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Blue Note, and Mezzrow, in addition to working with jazz greats such as Christian McBride, Pasquale Grasso, Kirk Lightsey, Cyrus Chestnut, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris.
On her eponymous debut album, she delivers straightforward renditions of better and lesser-known jazz standards, including “Stardust,” “Everything Happens to Me,” and “But Beautiful.” With an attentive and polished guitar trio the arrangements are consistently straightforward, yet the album is quite special, and it seems to me that Joy played her cards right by launching her recording career with a no-frills debut and making sure that her voice remains the center of attention.
There’s poetry in her phrasing, and she sounds natural and unforced. You’ll hear a resemblance to Sarah Vaughan; you’ll also hear the voice of someone who will continue to claim our attention. Sweetening the pot, the dexterous guitar fills by Grasso assure us that the band is also very much in the moment.

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