Samara Joy

If the winners circle for jazz felt familiar at the Grammys this year, there's good reason. So what's the problem?

For our first episode of 2025, Nate and Josh talk through a few New Year’s resolutions. And we’re sharing one of our favorite interviews in recent memory: a sit-down with Samara Joy, her father and her grandfather at Mother Bethel AME Church.

Ring in the new year with celebratory sounds from around the world.

This week's Moment's Notice covers the best jazz performances through the end of the year, including Samara Joy, Anaïs Reno, Bobby Zankel, and more.

Play It Forward is our monthly online column and a nightly feature on-air for new jazz albums. This month, we feature Samara Joy, Jane Monheit, Tom Harrell, and the supergroup Three Visitors.

Singer Samara Joy, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and pianist Sullivan Fortner all have multiple nominations in the 67th Grammy Awards. So does the late pianist Chick Corea.

Representatives from three generations of the musical McLendon family — Elder Goldwire, Antonio and Samara Joy — commune together in conversation at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia.

Faces both fresh and familiar made up the winner’s circle for jazz at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. WRTI's Nate Chinen runs down the results.

Moment’s Notice this is week is another holiday bonanza, headlined by Samara Joy's A Joyful Holiday. Also: Bobby Zankel celebrates the solstice, and the Postmodern Jukebox rolls through town.

The holidays are upon us, and so are the holiday tunes. Who better to join us than a pair of sublime vocalists with soulful new Christmas albums, Gregory Porter and Samara Joy?