'Stardust ' - Samara Joy - Whirlwind Sessions

The winner of 'Best New Artist' at the 2023 Grammy Awards
'Best New Artist 2023 Grammy Awards' Limited Edition Pressing 180g Gold LP is available now - bit.ly/3IPYi11
The official video for 'Stardust' from Samara Joy's self-titled debut album, released in CD/DL and 180 gram LP
PERSONNEL
Samara Joy - vocals
Pasquale Grasso - guitar
Ari Roland - acoustic bass
Kenny Washington - drums
ALBUM CREDITS
Recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mt. Vernon, NY (October 20-21, 2020)
Recording Engineer - Ryan Streber
Assistant Engineer - Charles Mueller
Mixed and Mastered by Christopher Allen
Produced by Matt Pierson
Graphic Design - Monika Jakubowska
Video directed/produced by Stokes Productions

[@judyrose8005]

Just perfection!!!!!!!! And I'm 85 so I saw Ella and Sarah in person at Birdland as a teenager!

[@charliemaejones7984]

Here Here

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

Well said! ♥

[@lindyjohnson6563]

Wow 😮

[@mamajan99]

After listening to (suffering through) all of the Grammy auto tone excuses for talent...comes this real treasure! The "New Artist" Grammy winner! A true VELVET VOICE for our age! You go girl!

[@carnigob42069]

you don't have to put down other people to uplift one. samara is a wonder without comparison

[@themusicwriter1]

True, but at the same time, he is right.

[@beacerveira]

Yesssssss

[@krollpeter]

@@carnigob42069 many are sick and tired of autotune and always the same chords.

[@Nunesanthonny]

@Roger Pointer lhe falo com toda sinceridade, que eu como brasileiro sou um dos milhares que torceu pela vitória de Samara Joy. Música, isso sim é música. Sem devassidão nas letras e no corpo e sem pornografia audível. Meus ouvidos agradecem.😊❤

[@ceaget7252]

After Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington, the world has waited for decades for someone like Samara to appear. Finally.

[@clintoncarver1926]

And Sarah Vaughn. ❤

[@tracyduckery5664]

She takes me back to a world I can only imagine. Thanks Samara for the journey.

[@kaykay10]

SAME!😊

[@AlmegaMedia]

I'm 70.. 'listened to every version of this song imaginable. This composition over all is perfect. I don't usually care for as much busy-ness from a jazz guitar supporting a vocal, but he pulls it off. Her voice on the other hand, tonally, is just beautiful, and only compares to her perfect sense of phrasing. I am so impressed. Thank you for posting something so beautiful I was fortunate to find. I will now listen to anything I can find that you've recorded ;)

[@jenm6612]

Me too 70. My Dad would remember my Mama and sing this song. The one by Nat King Coles. I liked it for those reasons alone. I love the one by Willie Nelson. I never listened to a female sing it. I am sold, hook line and reel me in. I agree with all you've said. Congratulations Ms. Joy...

[@joeemory1852]

Agree...

[@TD-np6ze]

Who's the guitarist? Usually, Samantha gives credit to supporting musicians.

[@mikespaulding1118]

Pasquale Grasso.

[@chasvonplatten1298]

Well said!

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Stardust is said by Jazz singers to be one of the hardest jazz standard to sing. Well here Samara makes it look easy. I keep thinking this over and over but her phrasing and tonal vocals are just sublime. I could melt listening to this classy lady. I appreciate her talent enormously.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Not only is it difficult to sing properly, it has the misfortune to be the piece of music that has been recorded by more performers than any other. Most should give up trying because it is technically beyond their ability. Samara, on the other hand, gives a master class in how it should be done. Out of this world

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

@@michaeltutty1540 Absolutely! It's remarkable how effortless and beautiful her rendition is. Exemplary.

[@quimcastilla]

I've discovered Samara today and I have immediately become an absolute fan. The classic style of Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae is still alive. What a great voice and sense of jazz!

[@graemeengaine]

Absolutely!

[@beyourself2444]

Sarah Vaughn and Carmen McRae are my absolute favs…

[@signerudbergselin4960]

amazing

[@henrypennymon5835]

This young lady is absolutely amazing. The richness of her tone is haunting!

[@TheBudajang]

I've ordered a copy of vinyl. Such a beautiful voice, such a splendid jazz guitar playing!

[@jonothandoeser]

There's Vinyl!???!!

[@davidrust9930]

Very few singers today can sing like this, they just don't have the OCTAVES to do it, SAMARA JOY does, and a JOY to listen to.

[@christianeaprile1876]

At last a new voice. A bowl of fresh air. Thank you Samara Joy! Wishing you the very best ! ♥️😘

[@karloserafingatuslao4135]

There was Sarah and Ella and now Samara. Thank you LORD!

[@Ev3Mr]

Wow! That voice is so mature I was expecting to see a grand dame. I love her. I've just purchased her CD.

[@collinduffy4875]

Can I just say, this reminds me of the 20s-30s music you hear them listening to during WW2 documentaries. Gotta love her melodic, voice. Angels couldn’t have done it better 💯

[@deniseroberts3998]

My Dad would love this God Rest His Soul x He loved Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald plus Many More x

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

A Jazz man! May he rest in peace with the greats,

[@CodenameHawk1225]

She is just absolutely once in a generation voice! It is truly a musical instrument.

[@cherrellcampbell-street9500]

Samara, cashmere and velvet. Your voice is the perfect mixture.

[@agmendesmendes8773]

So beautifully rendered, Samara. And Mr. Grasso, you're superb. Greetings from Brazil.

[@mariamartin8516]

Echoes of Ella... Simply beautiful! ❤

[@Jamesmirel]

We had the privilege of hearing her in Seattle last week with fine pianist Sullivan F. Wow.

[@judyathans]

Samara Joy! She & Emmet Cohen are as good as it gets! ❤️❤️

[@kijun9057]

My God… her voice is beautiful and speaks to my soul. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️

[@ge22100]

When my eyes open in the morning Samara is the only voice I need to hear to start my day and end it !!!. I’m in love…❤ 3:51

[@yozy4996]

Wow!! she's impressive....Excellent vocalist !

[@wtcashel]

Here I am, a young at heart 75 year "young" man, discovering this absolutely incredible new talent singing Jazz standards from my dear Mother's WW2 generation. Standards she taught me to love at the tender age of ten (1957). Thank you Samara for the talent you've so painstakingly developed and shared during this precious time of your beautiful young life! Congrats on your 2023 Best New artist Grammy! Wishing you years of continuing success!

[@rocckrown153]

And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart High up in the sky those little stars climb Always reminding me that we're apart You wandered down the lane and far away Leaving me a song that will not die Love is now the stardust of yesterday The music of the years gone by Sometimes I wonder why I spend The lonely night Dreaming of a song The melody haunts my reverie And I am once again with you When our love was new And each kiss an inspiration But that was long ago And now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song Besides the garden wall When stars are bright You are in my arms The nightingale tells his fairytale Of paradise where roses grew Though I dream in vain In my heart it will remain My stardust melody A memory of love's refrain

[@lindagibsongbenediotaylor352]

I'm just mesmerized. I can't wait to get the CD and vinyl. This is the kind of music we need now. While in a pandemic, talk of war, prices sky high, in some way everyone is suffering some type of stress or anxiety. We need a calm voice.

[@InfinitleYours]

OMG❤❤❤She is phenomenal! Two years ago and she is up there with the great jazz vocalist (Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McRae, etc.) She has a God's gift that is soothing and smooth! 💖

[@janfrederick9034]

Beautiful!

[@elizabethrollano5900]

Woooow its like an old timely voice. Sooo soothing and kudos to whoever made the video. Superb!

[@modernvintage3226]

Elizabeth Rollano woooooow you're a new Timely DUMBASS

[@vetaclarke7308]

Beautiful guitar playing Mr. Grasso.❤

[@mikikomurdoch5985]

Samara's naturally rich vocal and Pasquale's intricate guitar works perfected the alchemy of turning this short song into a drop-dead gorgeous masterpiece!! This rendition IS now my role model for singing and playing guitar to this tune. Can't wait to hear her perform at Monterey Jazz Fess in 2 weeks!! Thank you for posting!

[@michelethetravelmaven2819]

How Blessedly beautiful is Samara Joy’s talent of expressing herself through singing! This is one of those songs I will love to dance to, and end with his kiss…

[@StaceyBeryl]

WOW! Melted me. Her voice is AMAZING and I am blessed and so thankful to have found her. I am so thankful she is sharing her amazing gift with us all.

[@paulvandermaas6639]

Gorgeous in every way...

[@powlly5738]

What joyful memories it brings of Ella's singing. ❤

[@coleenvanstaden5603]

I love in Cape Town, South Africa. We are a jazz -loving city. International Jazz Festival every March. I discovered you via Facebook quite by accident. I love your sound and the music. So happy to have found this channel. Thank you.

[@nagyesszep]

oh my GOD how good is she!?? it's like silver silk is flowing in the air

[@meridagrant5923]

Absolute perfection.

[@tiffanycuevas1660]

Beautiful voice 🥰

[@mariamiller8620]

I AM SO IN LOVE WITH GIRL AND HER AMAZING, UNBELIEVABLE VOICE... SOOOO HAPPY BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH JAZZ IS BACK WITH US.. !!!! ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL LIKE A GLASS OF SMOOTH SOFT BRANDY... AND SHE'S FROM THE BRONX, MY HOME TOWN... NEW YORK CITY... THANK U SAMARA JOY... U R TRULY A BLESSING OF A VOICE.. ♥️🙏

[@user-gw5rq6ky7r]

Beautiful rendition of this classic well done Samara great future awaits you with such relaxing and lovely voice!

[@acwatercolors]

The timing between you both on the introduction is incredible. 👏 Sublim version 👏👏👏

[@vedram7367]

Can't wait to get my hand on her album.

[@rbsprods3200]

Wow. Another great jazz singer appears in Samara Joy. We are truly blessed with her and Veronica and Jazzmeia. Very blessed.

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

So refreshing. I'm definitely getting this album 👌🏿👌🏿 Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬 👊🏿🖤

[@vinnabolastig8360]

I really love this version 💕💕

[@BrainHardly]

perfection

[@msays1275]

Pure ELLA....And Samara🧡🧡🧡

[@bobjones6756]

KZbin just recommended this channel...I'm filled with glee..Absolutely Brilliant and Outstanding voice🧡💛💚💙

[@potdog1000]

what a voice

[@maraandrade4298]

Vencedora do Grammy 2023 , cantora revelação. Merecedora!! Maravilhosa!!

[@leestigulmacklin5066]

😳 😳 😳 Just found out about this STAR!! Is she channeling Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone??!!! My Late Father, Johnnie B "Love Me Some Jazz" Williams, would have CHEERED!!!🎉❤

[@edwardorr9439]

I would add Lee Wiley to that list, especially on this song.

[@joseraularellanogarcia737]

Excelente, potente y bellísima voz de Samara Joy. Tiene una voz privilegiada.

[@williamnorton7697]

No one sang this as well as Nat Cole; even Carmichael couldn't manage it (and he wrote it). Until now with this beautiful lady whose voice is straight out of the forties. Brava, madam! X

[@shundrafranklin9449]

Voice of a Goddess, so beautiful.

[@sallybowles2781]

this is amazing, I hope she records a lot of stuff :)

[@fdozi5801]

Awesome!!! :)

[@kitchentalkwithtina2062]

You're beautiful! Your voice is captivating, so melodious 🎶 - such imaginary as you sing and paint this picture of the words you sing

[@klarakrok]

Virtuosissimaaaa

[@warwva]

Her voice is perfection ❤️

[@phyllistagg-bovino1355]

Excellent!!

[@carlosmanuelgomez6961]

Only ❤❤❤❤❤❤for this great romantic singer, thak

[@joelleeoberstone3155]

Absolutely beautiful. Perfect pitch. Makes the multitude of “pretenders” fade away.

[@enriquesimpson2011]

OMG ❤❤❤❤

[@reginaldthomas1257]

Wooooow 😌 ❤️ she has the most beautiful voice

[@VicAmor1944]

She's wonderful! She sound like an early Ethel Ennis! Oh, and she's pretty, besides having a wonderful sounding voice!

[@bolder2009]

Now that's a singer I never hear mentioned. I gave a signed copy of one of her albums to a friend.

[@user-ju3jv7cy8n]

Fantastic rendition!

[@alessandro6821]

Samara grandissimo talento! Bravo anche il nostro Pasquale Grasso alla chitarra 🇮🇹

[@jeffphelps609]

My new favorite! Fabulous Samara!

[@michaeltutty1540]

Outstanding! I can feel Hoagy smiling with pure JOY. It takes an extraordinary talent to take the most recorded piece of music ever and make it your own, and you did that in spades. Wonderful.

[@Alma972]

Sublime. Bravisimo

[@hollisdorrough7487]

I am a fan now,!!!!!!!

[@carlosmanuelgomez6961]

Beautiful new versión this great masterpiece❤

[@jyjj0729]

good, im korea and i also feel deep something in mind.

[@gabchaim8232]

Another lovely clip. The special of Samara & Grasso Trio At Duck Creek is a revelation.

[@lynngold1865]

Wow!Samara Joy is now my JOY!Gorgeous and incredible.thank you Samara for sharing your gift with us.😉💜🎙🎶

[@lucianadepaulanunes5018]

Parabéns Samara Joy você tem mais uma fã no Brasil 👏👏👏👏

[@ryanbirabent-genone9219]

Awesome, this has been a favorite since I first heard Nat King Cole sing it. You did the song justice.

[@charlesutsey1241]

You're voice is amazing. You're a throwback with a breath of fresh air. 👏🏽👏🏽❤

[@carollaimer7625]

I am so glad I know of her now. A must listen for the ages and thank gawd jazz continues to have a future with such a stellar young talent!

[@CeciliaSaraiva]

What an artist! What a singer! God bless you, Samara!

[@CinnamonRedOne]

Her voice is enchanting...

[@deniseroberts3998]

Beautiful 😊❤ Only discovered you today Samara Joy x Love Jazz Blues Soul etc x

[@glitcheymage509]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!!

[@valdiva27]

Love her voice ❤️

[@BobbyLee9676]

Samara, thank you for bringing me home.

[@tajmabruno]

Timeless and phenomenal voice ❤️

[@manjirojhon7950]

The Supreme Diva

[@stephaniescott314]

Stunning

[@mairimcgonigill4347]

Simply beautiful Samara, thank you for sharing your superb talent with us. ❤❤

[@acwatercolors]

Lyrics : "And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart High up in the sky those little stars climb Always reminding me that we're apart You wander down the lane and far away Leaving me a song that will not die Love is now the stardust of yesterday The music of the years gone by. Sometimes I wonder, (how) why I spend The lonely nights Dreaming of a song The melody Haunts my reverie And I am once again with you When our love was new And each kiss an inspiration But that was long ago And now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright You are in my arms The nightingale Tells his fairytale Of paradise, where roses grew Though I dream in vain In my heart it will remain My stardust melody The memory of love's refrain.

[@anahung2182]

❤❤❤

[@jaygatz4335]

Gorgeous! Shades of Ella here.

[@sandmanarmstrong8673]

Wow!!!

[@kurttoy5035]

If Samara ever comes to Pittsburgh I hope to get a chance to see her.

[@marvingoodman7381]

WOW WOW WOW!! My favorite song done right by this awesome artist... Had never heard of her, guess I am now a fan... Soooooo nice...

[@JackSmith-qy9is]

Absolutely perfect! What an incredible talent! Couldn't be better!

[@DannyintheSpirit]

You can teach vocal technique, but you cannot teach magic - and she has that in spades!

[@judycastle5318]

She is absolute perfection!

[@JesusGarciaParrado]

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