Samara Joy

**Samara Joy McLendon**  (yavutse ku ya 11 Ugushyingo 1999) ni umuririmbyi w’Umunyamerika. Alubumu ye ya mbere yasohotse mu 2021 yamufashije gutorwa nk’umuhanzi mushya mwiza na JazzTimes. Alubumu ye ya kabiri, **Linger Awhile** (2022), yageze ku mwanya wa mbere ku rutonde rwa Jazz Albums.  Yahawe ibihembo bya Grammy, birimo icy’umuhanzi mushya mwiza mu 2023, ndetse atsindira ibihembo bibiri by’Album nziza ya Jazz Vocal (mu 2023 no mu 2025) hamwe n'icya Performance nziza ya Jazz (2024 na 2025).

## Ubuzima bwambere n'uburere
Yavukiye mu gace ka Castle Hill  gaherereye mu gace ka Bronx, mu mujyi wa New York,  Joy yavutse mu 1999 mu muryango w’umuziki. Sekuru na sekuru, Umusaza Goldwire na Ruth McLendon, bashinze itsinda rya gospel rya Philadelphia The Savettes. Sekuru, Umusaza Goldwire McLendon nawe yarangije igihembwe cya 3 cya BET 'Gospel Talent show *Sunday Best* . Se - umukinnyi w'amajwi akaba n'umucuranzi wa bass wazengurutse umucuranzi wa gospel Andraé Crouch   - yamumenyesheje abakomeye ba gospel nka The Clark Sisters,  n'ubugingo n'umuziki wa Motown .  Yize mu ishuri ryisumbuye rya Fordham ryubuhanzi kandi akora ibitaramo mu itsinda ryayo rya jazz. Muri , yatsindiye Vocalist Nziza mu iserukiramuco rya Ellington, amarushanwa yisumbuye yakiriwe na Jazz mu kigo cya Lincoln .  

Yabanje guhura na jazz muburyo bufite intego  ubwo yiyandikishaga muri gahunda ya jazz muri SUNY 's Purchase College nkumu majwi wijwi,   maze yitwa Ella Fitzgerald Scholar.  Inshuti zaho zamumenyesheje amajwi y’abahanzi bakomeye ba jazz barimo Sarah Vaughan na Fitzgerald,  n’abacuranga ibikoresho nka Kenny Washington, Jon Faddis (twiganye),  na Ingrid Jensen .  Ashingiye ku gishushanyo cya jazz Billie Holiday, Joy yaje gukora ikiruhuko cyitwa "Ibumoso wenyine"  kandi yifashishije uburyo bwe bwose kuri stade igezweho.

## Umwuga
Muri 2019, nka Samara McLendon, yatsindiye amarushanwa mpuzamahanga ya Jazz Vocal Sarah Vaughan .   Umwe mu bacamanza muri iryo rushanwa, Christian McBride uzwi cyane ku isi, yavuze ko Joy ari "impano iboneka rimwe mu gisekuru."  Yakoranye na producer ndetse n’umuyobozi wa nyuma, Matt Pierson, yanditse alubumu ye yise iyambere akiri muri kaminuza,  arangiza *magna cum laude* mu 2021.   *Samara Joy* yasohotse ku ya 9 Nyakanga 2021, kuri Whirlwind Recordings .  *Jazz Times* yise Umuhanzi mushya mwiza mu    Mu kiganiro, umuyobozi wa firime Regina King yamwise "umukobwa ukiri muto usa na Sarah Vaughan na Ella Fitzgerald bombi baba mu mubiri we." 

Yasohoye amashusho menshi y'amashusho, harimo imwe yari imaze kurebwa inshuro zirenga miliyoni 1.5 guhera mu Kwakira 2020.  Aya mashusho yari afite guhera mu Gushyingo 2022 yungutse abayoboke be 200.000 kuri TikTok .  Ahanini ku mbaraga zatsinze, yazengurutse u Burayi,  harimo n'ibitaramo byagurishijwe mu Butaliyani na Otirishiya.  Mu 2021 akomeza muri 2022, yazengurutse Amerika,      nandi maserukiramuco   cyane cyane muburayi.

Ku ya 15 Gashyantare 2022, yaririmbye kuri *uyu munsi* ari kumwe n'umucuranzi wa gitari Pasquale Grasso   kuri *uyu munsi* muri Nzeri 2022.  agaragara mu iserukiramuco rya Newport Jazz .  Yagaragaye kuri alubumu ya 2022 ya piyano piyano Julius Rodriguez *Reka amajwi abwire bose* . 

Ku ya 16 Nzeri 2022, yashyize ahagaragara alubumu ye ya kabiri, *Linger Awhile*, kuri Verve Records .  igaragaramo uvuza ingoma Kenny Washington, umucuranzi wa gitari Pasquale Grasso, piyano Ben Paterson, na David Wong wa bassiste.   Mu byo yanditse mu gihe cy'imbeho 2022 harimo kuririmbana na Jazz muri Orchestre Lincoln Centre mu ruzinduko rwayo rwa Big Band.   Mu rwego rwo kwiyamamaza kw’ibiruhuko, Joy yifatanyije na Theory maze atangira indirimbo ye nshya yise "Noneho na nyuma" gusa yamamaye mu mujyi wa New York . Yavuze ko ibiruhuko bya Billie  ku buryo bwe bwiza. 

Yatowe kandi yatsindiye ibihembo bibiri muri Grammy Awards mu 2023 :  Alubumu nziza ya Jazz Vocal Album ya *Linger Awhile* n'umuhanzi mushya mwiza .  Muri Grammy Awards mu 2024, yatowe kandi yegukana igihembo cyiza cya Jazz Performance hamwe nindirimbo ye "Tight."  Yatowe kandi yegukana ibindi bihembo bibiri muri Grammy Awards mu 2025 : Igitaramo cyiza cya Jazz hamwe na "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me"  na Album nziza ya Jazz Vocal ya *Noheri nziza* . 

## Ubucukumbuzi

; Alubumu za sitidiyo

* *Ibyishimo bya Samara* (2021) 
* *Gutinda Igihe gito* (2022)
* *Igishushanyo* (2024)

## Ibihembo n'icyubahiro

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