| Orchestra or Band | Samara Joy Octet;
BBC Concert Orchestra |
| Set List | 'You Stepped Out of a Dream', Nacio Herb Brown, arr. Jason Charos & Andrew Cottee;
'Stardust', Hoagy Carmichael, arr. David Mason;
'Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be)', Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez and James Sherman, arr. Andrew Cottee;
'Misty', Erroll Garner, arr. Paul Sikivie
'Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday)', ,Thelonius Monk, (Samara & Trio only);
'Left Alone', Billie Holiday & Mal Waldron, arr. Donavan Austin;
'Day by Day', Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston (Samara & Trio);
INTERVAL
'Beware My Heart', Betty Carter, arr. Jason Charos & Andrew Cottee;
'I Got It Bad and That Aint Good', Duke Ellington, arr. Samara Joy & Donavan Austin;
'Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True', Sun Ra, Samara Joy, Jae Mayo & Kendric McCallister, arr. Evan Sherman, David Mason, Connor Rohrer;
'Five Stages of Love (Loves Impression)', Kendric Mccallister, arr. Kendric McCallister (Samara Joy),
'Its the Little Things That Mean So Much', Teddy Wilson and Harold Adamson, (Samara Joy Octet);
'Ugly Beauty', Thelonius Monk, arr. David Mason
'Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)', Jobim, arr. Jason Charos & Andrew Cottee |
| Performance Notes | 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 years 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 on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/32) |
| Ticket Prices | £9 - £115 (Promming tickets £8) |