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Samara Joy: Linger Awhile

By Angelo Leonardi
September 19, 2022
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Recensendo pochi mesi fa il disco d'esordio di

Samara Joy

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Samara Joy le avevamo previsto un brillante futuro ma non pensavamo accadesse in tempi cos�� rapidi.

Reduce del successo ottenuto all'ultimo Umbria Jazz, la 22enne la vocalist afro-americana debutta ora con l'etichetta Verve e sar�� impegnata in un tour fitto di date fino a dicembre (in ottobre toccher�� anche Portogallo, Spagna, Francia e Germania ma non l'Italia).

In Linger Awhile continua il sodalizio col notevole chitarrista

Pasquale Grasso

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Pasquale Grasso, in un combo che vede ancora il batterista

Kenny Washington

drums
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Washington e l'ingresso del bassista

David Wong

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">David Wong e del pianista

Ben Paterson

piano
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Paterson.

Con un repertorio ancora focalizzato su standard pi�� o meno noti, Samara conferma tutto il bene che s'�� detto di lei: maturit�� interpretativa insolita per l'et��, fresca variet�� cromatica, estro creativo, intenso feeling. Gli intermezzi in vocalese presenti in "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)" e "I'm Confessin' That I Love You" mostrano piena padronanza tecnica e smagliante verve ritmica.

Il disco attrae dal primo all'ultimo brano, con una preferenza per quelli swinganti, come "Sweet Pumpkin," "Linger Awhile" (un assolo mozzafiato di Grasso) e "Social Call." La relazione col chitarrista �� stimolante in ogni momento e spicca in "Someone to Watch Over Me."

Album della settimana.

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Track Listing

Can't Get Out of This Mood; Guess Who I Saw Today; Nostalgia (The Day I Knew); Sweet Pumpkin; Misty; Social Call; I'm Confessin' That I Love You; Linger Awhile; 'Round Midnight; Someone to Watch Over Me.

Personnel

Samara Joy

vocals

Ben Paterson

piano

Pasquale Grasso

guitar

David Wong

bass

Kenny Washington

drums

Album information

Title: Linger Awhile | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Verve Records

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