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Samara Joy

Jazz
Jazz

Samara Joy is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Billie Holiday, Verve Records, Andraé Crouch, The Clark Sisters and Sarah Vaughan. Those roots explain a lot about how Samara Joy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sarah Vaughan, Stacey Kent, Betty Carter and Carmen McRae, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Samara Joy, reaching back through Billie Holiday. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Samara JoyBillie HolidayVerve RecordsAndraé CrouchThe Clark SistersSarah VaughanElla FitzgeraldCécile McLorin SalvantSarah VaughanStacey KentBetty CarterCarmen McRaeNancy WilsonMadeleine PeyrouxAbbey Lincoln

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Samara Joy connections

Samara Joy grew out of Billie Holiday, Verve Records, Andraé Crouch and The Clark Sisters, shares an orbit with Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sarah Vaughan, Stacey Kent and Betty Carter. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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