Samara Joy sits down with Jumoké Fashola live from the Jazz Social at London Jazz Festival and talks Grammys, earliest songs, touring and more...
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Youtube Chapters
00:00 Jumoké Fashola introduces Samara Joy
01:08 Reflecting on the last two years of her career
02:49 Samara Joy talks about her latest album "Portrait"
04:46 Charles Mingus "Reincarnation of A Lovebird" acapella
06:18 The band and working on the new record "Portrait"
09:14 Social media
12:52 Gospel music and family
18:08 "What's the first song you remember singing?"
20:50 Influences
24:50 Playing live
27:01 Collaborating with other musicians
29:37 Samara Joy on Jazz standards
34:12 The GRAMMYs
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