Cecile McLorin Salvant

Cecile, Samara, Bette and Aaron (LTNF LIVE 4 WERB Radio)

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Cecile, Samara, Bette and Aaron (LTNF LIVE 4 WERB Radio)

PJ goes to the Blue Note… 2x… and tells a tale about it.

We have three major meditations and one micro-meditation. We hear the greats and we learn about the new.

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Cécile McLorin Salvant (born August 28, 1989) is an American jazz vocalist. She was the winner of the first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010, releasing her first album, Cécile, shortly thereafter. Her second album, WomanChild, was released in 2013 on Mack Avenue Records, receiving a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Salvant won four categories in the 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star–Jazz Artist, and Rising Star–Female Vocalist. Her third album, For One to Love, was released on September 5, 2015, to critical acclaim from The New York TimesThe Guardian, and Los Angeles Times. It won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2016.

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Samara Joy

With her Verve Records debut, Linger Awhile, 22-year-old Samara Joy makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz singing sensation recorded by the venerable label. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her fans like Anita Baker and Regina King, appearances on the TODAY Show and millions of likes on TikTok — cementing her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz singing star. On Linger Awhile, Samara will introduce that massive audience to a slew of classic standards several times older than she is through her timeless, irresistible sound.

Samara is still relatively new to jazz. Growing up in the Bronx, it was music of the past — the music of her parent’s childhoods, as she put it — that she listened to most. She treasures her musical lineage, which stretches back to her grandparents Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon, both of whom performed with Philadelphia gospel group the Savettes, and runs through her father, who is a singer, songwriter and producer who toured with gospel artist Andraé Crouch. “Sometimes I catch myself when I’m singing — I’m like, ‘Whoa, that was a dad moment’,” Samara quips. Eventually, she did follow in the family tradition, singing in church and then with the jazz band at Fordham High School for the Arts, with whom she won Best Vocalist at JALC’s Essentially Ellington competition. That led to her enrolling in SUNY Purchase’s jazz studies program, where she fell deeply in love with the music.

Samara Joy

VIDEO REFERENCES

Giulio Gari Competition Performance

Giulio Gari Competition Performance

Giulio Gari Competition Performance

 

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DJ and radio personality PJ Ewing is the host of Lester the Nightfly.

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  1. PJ

    Some really great jazz here.

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