The Great American Songbook and Beyond with Samara Joy @ The BBC Proms

Nacio Herb Brown
You Stepped Out of a Dream
arr. Jason Charos/Andrew Cottee

Hoagy Carmichael
Stardust
arr. David Mason

Jimmy Davis
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
arr. Andrew Cottee

Erroll Garner
Misty
arr. Paul Sikivie

Thelonious Monk
Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday)

Mal Waldron
Left Alone
arr. Donavan Austin

Axel Stordahl
Day by Day

Sam Coslow
Beware My Heart
arr. Jason Charos/Andrew Cottee

Duke Ellington
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
arr. Samara Joy/Donavan Austin

Samara Joy
Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True
medley of ‘Peace of Mind’ by Samara Joy/Kendric McCallister and ‘Dreams Come True’ by Sun Ra/Jae Mayo, arr. Evan Sherman/David Mason/Connor Rohrer
Five Stages of Love (Love’s Impression)
arr. Kendric McCallister

Teddy Wilson
Little Things That Mean So Much

Thelonious Monk
Ugly Beauty
arr. David Mason

Antônio Carlos Jobim
Chega de saudade
arr. Jason Charos/Andrew Cottee

Samara Joy
Samara Joy Octet
BBC Concert Orchestra
Miho Hazama

Composers
Nacio Herb Brown
Hoagy Carmichael
Jimmy Davis
Erroll Garner
Thelonious Monk
Mal Waldron
Axel Stordahl
Sam Coslow
Duke Ellington
Samara Joy
Teddy Wilson
Antônio Carlos Jobim

A No. 1 album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put Samara Joy on the map, establishing the young American artist as ‘the next jazz sensation’ and ‘a legend in the making’, regularly compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Fresh from another double win at this year’s Grammys, Joy makes a much-anticipated Proms debut, introducing audiences to her electric combination of youthful energy and old-soul musical style with classic songs and unique twists on instrumental classics from across jazz and its fringes, 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.

Broadcast live on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer this season

bbc.co.uk/proms

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