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A Joyful Holiday
Samara Joy
Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, December 2023/January 2024
Xmas platters are often cheap cash-ins or malodorous cheese-fests ,but not in this case. A Joyful Holiday is a triumph: the playing is perfectly judged, and the singing richly sensual, honeyed...
A Joyful Holiday
Samara Joy
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, December 2023/January 2024
Xmas platters are often cheap cash-ins or malodorous cheese-fests ,but not in this case. A Joyful Holiday is a triumph: the playing is perfectly judged, and the singing richly sensual, honeyed...
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2x GRAMMY WINNER Samara Joy releases her first collection of holiday material! “A Joyful Holiday”, features the 2 holiday singles released last year, plus 4 new never-before-heard tracks. “The Christmas Song (Live)” features a duet with Samara and her father Antonio McLendon captured live in 2022.
Contents and tracklist
- Samara Joy (vocalist), Sullivan Fortner (piano), David Wong (doublebass), Kenny Washington (drumkit)
- Recorded: 2022-05-28
- Samara Joy (vocalist), Sullivan Fortner (piano)
- Recorded: 2022-05-28
- Samara Joy (vocalist), Sullivan Fortner (piano), David Wong (doublebass), Kenny Washington (drumkit)
- Recorded: 2022-05-28
- Samara Joy (vocalist), Pasquale Grasso (guitar), David Wong (doublebass), Kenny Washington (drumkit)
- Recorded: 2022-05-28
- The McLendon Family, Samara Joy (vocalist), Antonio McLendon (vocalist), Goldwire McLendon (vocalist), Laurone McLendon (vocalist), Tiera Lovell Rowe (vocalist), Alana Alexander (vocalist), Sullivan Fortner (hammondb3)
- Recorded: 2022-06-20
- Samara Joy (vocalist), Antonio McLendon (vocalist), Shedrick Mitchell (piano), Eric Wheeler (bass), Charles Haynes (drumkit)
- Recorded: 2022-12-22
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Awards and reviews
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JazzwiseEditor's ChoiceDecember 2023/January 2024
December 2023/January 2024
Xmas platters are often cheap cash-ins or malodorous cheese-fests ,but not in this case. A Joyful Holiday is a triumph: the playing is perfectly judged, and the singing richly sensual, honeyed like a cognac supped by the fire.
