Samara Joy at Temple Theatre – Saginaw, MI

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Get your tickets to see Samara Joy at Temple Theatre – Saginaw, MI at Temple Theatre. Happening on Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 7:30 PM.

Get your tickets to see Samara Joy in Saginaw, MI. Happening on Sunday, February 21, 2027 at Temple Theatre. Doors open at 7:30 PM.

A native of the Bronx, Samara Joy became entranced by classic R&B as a child and cut her teeth as a singer in her church's gospel choir. And while her family history is deeply musical--her grandparents helmed the Philadelphia gospel group the Savettes, and her father, the musician and songwriter Antonio McLendon, has produced, composed and arranged his own astounding original work--she didn't delve into the jazz tradition until college at SUNY Purchase. During her studies there she won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which introduced her to the larger jazz scene as a rising star to watch. She was heard, by audiences and critics alike, as a masterful interpreter of jazz standards and a rightful heiress of the sound, technique and charisma that defined her jazz heroines--including Vaughan, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln and Carmen McRae.

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