Famous overnight? In Samara Joy's case, the answer is yes, and no. It was certainly a sensation when the 23-year-old jazz singer from New York carried away two coveted prizes at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Not only did she win 'Best New Artist'; she also claimed 'Best Jazz Vocal Album' for 'Linger Awhile', only her second record. But Samara Joy had already won the 'Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition' in 2019, and TikTok videos of the artist have long since received millions of views. The career ascendancy of this child of a versatile musical family has been breathtakingly steep, but steady - and quality prevails. So, too - and especially - when a young singer does not shy away from the repertoire of the golden age of jazz with greats like Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan - and can interpret the respective songs in an authentic, fresh way. Samara Joy: joy in the old standards, which come alive through an exceptionally expressive voice, as if they had been invented in the moment.