BBC PROMS, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK WITH SAMARA JOY(2025)
A No 1 album and multiple Grammy wins has put singing sensation Samara Joy on the map, establishing the young American artist as ‘a legend in the making’, regularly compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.
This much-anticipated Proms debut introduces audiences to her electric combination of youthful energy and old-soul musical style with classic songs and unique twists on timeless tunes, from bossa nova to the Great American Songbook. She salutes figures including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus and Oscar Peterson. (