Samara Joy (3,672 views)

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Samara Joy McLendon (11 November 1999)
Vocal Range: C♯3-F♯6

Significant High Notes:

F♯6 ("No More Blues" 25 San Javier Jazz Festival, 2023)
F6 ("Can't Get Out of This Mood" the Jazz Cafe, London, 2023)
E6 ("Can't Get Out of This Mood" Spotify Best New Artist Party, 2023, "No More Blues", "You Stepped Out of a Dream")
E♭6 ("Sweet Pumpkin" Ardmore Theater, Pennsylvania, 2022 / the Hollywood Bowl, California, 2023)
D6 ("Don't Let Him Go" various live performances, "Handel Aria", "Misty" Quincy Jones's 90th-birthday tribute, 2023, "No More Blues", "Tiktok Video")
C♯6 ("Can't Get Out of This Mood" various live performances, "Hark the Herald Angel Sing" live in 2023)
C6 ("A Joyful Holiday", "Can't Get Out of This Mood" various live performances, "Guess Who I Saw Today" various live performances, "'Round Midnight" C6 Fest, Rio de Janeiro, 2023 / North Sea Jazz, 2023, "Something Big", "Three Little Words" SF Jazz, San Francisco, 2023, "Warming Up", "You Stepped Out of a Dream")
B5 ("Hark the Herald Angel Sing", "No More Blues", "Singing Classical Soprano on Tiktok", "Stardust" various live performances, "This Christmas", "Worry Later" C6 Fest, Rio de Janeiro, 2023)
B♭5 ("Autumn Nocturne" Théâtre du Cormier, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, 2022, "'Round Midnight" Fasching, Stockholm, 2023 / Espace culturel Robert Doisneau, Meudon-la-Forêt, 2023, "Something Big")
A5 ("Autumn Nocturne", "Can't Get Out of This Mood" various live performances, "Handel Aria", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me" North Sea Jazz, 2023, "I'll String Along with You" Live at the Flat in Greenwich Village, 2022, "Stardust" various live performances, "Straight Ahead", "Warm in December" the Green Space, 2022)
G♯5 ("Don't Let Him Go" SF Jazz, San Francisco, 2023, "Fine and Mellow" Pavillon République, Toulouse, 2022, "If You'd Stay the Way I Dream" Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, 2022, "I'm Old Fashioned", "Just Squeeze Me" Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City, 2022, "La belle vie", "My Ideal", "Sweet Pumpkin" various live performances, "Worry Later" Fasching, Stockholm, 2023 / Espace culturel Robert Doisneau, Meudon-la-Forêt, 2023)
G5 ("April in Paris" Fasching, Stockholm, 2023, "Autumn Nocturne", "Body and Soul", "Buzz Me Baby" Grant's Tomb, Harlem, 2022, "Can't Get Out of This Mood" duo version, "Day By Day" Le Duc des Lombards, Paris, 2022, "Don't Let Him Go" various live performances, "Flor de Lis", "Guess Who I Saw Today" various live performances, "Handel Aria", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" Live from Emmett's Place Vol. 67, 2021, "Lady Be Good" Teatro Ristori, Verona, 2022, "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow, 2021, "Misty" various live performances, "My Ideal", "Scat Duet", "Singing Classical Soprano on Tiktok", "Someone to Watch Over Me" Teatro Ristori, Verona, 2022, "This Christmas", "This is the Moment" various live performances)
F♯5 ("A Beautiful Friendship" Dizzy's Club, New York City, 2021, "Day By Day", "Don't Let Him Go", "Fine and Mellow", "Handel Aria", "Hark the Herald Angel Sing", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me" North Sea Jazz, 2023 / 25 San Javier Jazz Festival, 2023, "No More Blues", "'Round Midnight" Wave Hill, Bronx, 2022, "Someone Like You", "Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday", "Singing Classical Soprano on Tiktok", "Worry Later" Jefferson Park, Menasha, 2022)
F5 ("A Foggy Day in London Town", "A Joyful Holiday", "April in Paris", "Audience Participation Jam", "Blow Top Blues", "But Beautiful" Savannah Music Fest, 2022, "Buzz Me Baby", "Day By Day" Live from Emmett's Place Vol. 46, 2021, "Guess Who I Saw Today" the Jazz Cafe, London, 2023, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" Live at the Flat in Greenwich Village, 2022, "If You Never Fall in Love with Me" various live performances, "I'll String Along with You", "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" Teatro Ristori, Verona, 2022 / Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow, 2021, "I'm Old Fashioned", "It's All Right with Me" Teatro Rist`ori, Verona, 2022, "Just Squeeze Me" Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City, 2022, "La belle vie", "Linger Awhile" studio version / Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, 2022, "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)", "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow, 2021, "'Round Midnight" various live performances, "Scat Duet", "Social Call" The Today Show, 2023, "Something Big", "Summertime" Indianapolis, 2022, "Sweet Pumpkin" various live performances, "This is the Moment", "Three Little Words", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Yesterdays")
E5 ("A Foggy Day in London Town", "April in Paris", "Day By Day", "Don't Let Him Go", "Fine and Mellow", "Hark the Herald Angel Sing", "I Didn’t Know About You", "I’m Glad There is You" Dizzy's Club, New York City, 2022 / Bethany Baptist Church, Newark, 2022, "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" Teatro Ristori, Verona, 2022, "In a Mellow Tone" Size Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme, 2022, "In the Evening", "I Say a Little Prayer", "It's All Right with Me", "Just One of Those Things" The Django, New York City, 2022, "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" Live from Emmett's Place Vol. 67, 2021, "Merry Christmas Baby", "Misty" Quincy Jones's 90th-birthday tribute, 2023, "Moonglow" Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow, 2021, "My Ideal", "Remember", "'Round Midnight", "Singing Classical Soprano on Tiktok", "The Christmas Song", "This Christmas", "Too Close for Comfort", "Yesterdays", "You and I")
E♭5 ("A Beautiful Friendship", "Be My Love", "Body and Soul", "But Beautiful", "Come Sunday", "Everything Happens to Me" various live performances, "Flor de Lis", "Funky Blues", "Greatest Love of All", "Guess Who I Saw Today" Fasching, Stockholm, 2023, "Honeysuckle Rose", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me" various live performances, "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart", "I'm Old Fashioned", "In the Evening", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "(It's Easy to See) the Trouble with Me is You" Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme, 2021 / Le Duc des Lombards, Paris, 2021, "Jim", "Just Squeeze Me", "Lady Be Good", "Linger Awhile", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" various live performances, "Midnight Sun", "O Holy Night", "Only a Moment Ago" Bistro Einstein, St. Gallen, 2022, "On the Street Where You Live", "Star Eyes" Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow, 2021, "Sweet Love", "Sweet Pumpkin", "The Late, Late Show", "When the Sun Goes Down", "Worry Later")
D5 ("A Change is Gonna Come", "A Foggy Day in London Town", "A Joyful Holiday", "April in Paris", "Audience Participation Jam", "Be My Love", "Blow Top Blues", "Can't Get Out of This Mood" various live performances, "Don't Let Him Go", "Everything Happens to Me" studio version / various live performances, "Flor de Lis", "Greatest Love of All", "Guess Who I Saw Today", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Didn’t Know About You", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" Live from Emmett's Place Vol. 67, 2021, "If This Isn't Love", "If You Could See Me Now", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me", "I'll String Along with You", "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart", "I'm in a Mess", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "It's All Right with Me", "It's Crazy", "I Understand", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "Lady Be Good", "Linger Awhile", "Misty" studio version / Savannah Music Fest, 2022, "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You", "Out of Nowhere", "Overjoyed", "Remember", "Scat Duet", "Social Call", "Solitude" Winter Jazzfest, 2022, "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Something Big", "Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday", "Sophisticated Lady", "Stardust", "Summertime", "The Christmas Song", "These Foolish Things", "They Can’t Take That Away from Me", "This Christmas", "This is the Moment", "Too Close for Comfort", "Winter Wonderland", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "You and I")
C♯5 ("Blow Top Blues", "But Beautiful", "Buzz Me Baby", "Don't Let Him Go", "Everything Happens to Me", "Fine and Mellow", "Hark the Herald Angel Sing", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good", "I'm Old Fashioned", "In a Mellow Tone", "I Say a Little Prayer", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Midnight Sun", "Mood Indigo", "'Round Midnight", "Someone Like You", "Summertime", "The Late, Late Show", "Two Hearts (Lawns)", "Worry Later", "Yesterdays")
C5 ("A Beautiful Friendship", "A Foggy Day in London Town", "A Joyful Holiday", "Autumn Nocturne", "Ballad Medley", "Body and Soul", "But Beautiful", "Can't Get Out of This Mood", "Come Sunday", "Day By Day", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Ev'ry Day We Say Goodbye", "Funky Blues", "Greatest Love of All", "Guess Who I Saw Today", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Didn’t Know About You", "If You Could See Me Now", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me", "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good", "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "I’m Glad There is You", "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart", "I'm in a Mess", "In a Mellow Tone", "In the Evening", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "It Only Happens Once", "(It's Easy to See) the Trouble with Me is You", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Just One of Those Things", "Just Squeeze Me", "Lady Be Good", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "Misty", "Moonglow", "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)", "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You", "O Holy Night", "Only a Moment Ago" Bistro Einstein, St. Gallen, 2022, "On the Street Where You Live", "Out of Nowhere", "Poor Butterfly", "'Round Midnight", "Social Call", "Sophisticated Lady", "Straight Ahead", "Sweet Pumpkin", "These Foolish Things", "They Can’t Take That Away from Me", "This is the Moment", "Three Little Words", "Warm in December", "When the Sun Goes Down", "Worry Later", "You and I")
B4 ("A Change is Gonna Come", "Body and Soul", "Buzz Me Baby", "Don't Let Him Go", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Fine and Mellow", "If This Isn't Love", "I’m Glad There is You", "In the Evening", "It's Crazy", "Jim", "Just One of Those Things", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "Land of Dreams", "L-O-V-E", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Misty", "Moonglow", "Mood Indigo", "No More Blues", "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)", "Out of Nowhere", "Overjoyed", "Poor Butterfly", "Remember", "Solitude", "Someone Like You", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Something Big", "So Much Joy", "Sophisticated Lady", "Stardust", "Star Eyes", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Summertime", "Take Love Easy", "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power", "Too Close for Comfort", "Total Praise", "Two Hearts (Lawns)", "Warm in December", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Yesterdays", "You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to", "You Stepped Out of a Dream")
B♭4 ("A Beautiful Friendship", "April in Paris", "Audience Participation Jam", "Ballad Medley", "Be My Love", "Blow Top Blues", "But Beautiful", "Come Sunday", "Day By Day", "Everything Happens to Me", "Ev'ry Day We Say Goodbye", "Flor de Lis", "Funky Blues", "Greatest Love of All", "Guess Who I Saw Today", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "If You Could See Me Now", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me, "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good", "I'll String Along with You", "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "I'm in a Mess", "I'm Lost", "I'm Old Fashioned", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "It Only Happens Once", "It's All Right with Me", "It's Easy to Blame the Weather", "(It's Easy to See) the Trouble with Me is You", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Jim", "Just Squeeze Me", "La belle vie", "Lady Be Good", "La mer", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Let's Dream in the Moonlight", "Linger Awhile", "L-O-V-E", "Midnight Sun", "My Funny Valentine", "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)", "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You", "O Holy Night", "Only a Moment Ago", "On the Street Where You Live", "'Round Midnight", "Scat Duet", "Serenade in Blue", "Social Call", "Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday", "Sophisticated Lady", "Straight Ahead", "Sweet Love", "Sweet Pumpkin", "The Christmas Song", "The Late, Late Show", "These Foolish Things", "They Can’t Take That Away from Me", "This is the Moment", "When the Sun Goes Down", "Winter Wonderland", "Worry Later", "You and I")

Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("A Foggy Day in London Town", "April in Paris", "Audience Participation Jam", "Ballad Medley", "Be My Love", "Blow Top Blues", "Can't Get Out of This Mood", "Come Sunday", "Day By Day", "Guess Who I Saw Today", "Hark the Herald Angel Sing", "I Didn’t Know About You", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "If This Isn't Love", "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart", "I Miss You So", "In a Mellow Tone", "In the Evening", "It's All Right with Me", "It's Crazy", "It's Easy to Blame the Weather", "Jim", "Just One of Those Things", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "La belle vie", "Land of Dreams", "Let's Dream in the Moonlight", "Linger Awhile", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "Moonglow", "Moon Indigo", "My Funny Valentine", "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)", "On the Street Where You Live", "Out of Nowhere", "Remember", "Solitude", "Someone Like You", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Straight Ahead", "Three Little Words", "Warm in December", "Winter Wonderland", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "You and I", "You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to")
G♯3 ("A Beautiful Friendship", "But Beautiful", "Buzz Me Baby", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Everything Happens to Me", "Fine and Mellow", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "If You Could See Me Now", "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good", "I’m Glad There is You", "(It's Easy to See) the Trouble with Me is You", "I Understand", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", "Just Squeeze Me", "Let's Dream in the Moonlight", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Mood Indigo", "My Ideal", "O Holy Night", "Sophisticated Lady", "Stardust", "Star Eyes", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Sweet Pumpkin", "The Late, Late Show", "These Foolish Things", "Too Close for Comfort", "Warm in December", "Worry Later")
G3 ("A Beautiful Friendship" Live at the Flat in Greenwich Village, 2022, "A Change is Gonna Come", "Audience Participation Jam", "Ballad Medley", "Buzz Me Baby" Teatro Ristori, Verona, 2022, "Don't Let Him Go", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Everything Happens to Me", "Flor de Lis", "Funky Blues", "Honeysuckle Rose", "I Didn’t Know About You", "If You Could See Me Now", "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "I'm Lost", "In the Evening", "It Only Happens Once", "It's Crazy", "Jim", "Just One of Those Things", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "Misty", "Moonglow", "Mood Indigo", "My Funny Valentine", "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You", "Only a Moment Ago", "Out of Nowhere", "Social Call", "Solitude", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday", "Star Eyes", "The Christmas Song", "This Christmas", "Three Little Words" SF Jazz, San Francisco, 2023, "When the Sun Goes Down", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "You and I", "You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to")
F♯3 ("A Foggy Day in London Town", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "If This Isn't Love", "If You'd Stay the Way I Dream", "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good", "I Wish You Love", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Serenade in Blue", "Someone Like You", "Stardust", "Star Eyes", "Summertime", "Sweet Pumpkin", "Take Love Easy", "These Foolish Things", "Too Close for Comfort", "Two Hearts (Lawns)", "Warm in December" the Green Space, 2022, "Yesterdays")
F3 ("Autumn Nocturne", "Ballad Medley", "But Beautiful", "Can't Get Out of This Mood", "Day By Day", "Hark the Herald Angel Sing", "His Eye is On the Sparrow", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "If You Never Fall in Love with Me", "I'll String Along with You", "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart", "I'm in a Mess", "I'm Lost", "I'm Old Fashioned", "In a Mellow Tone", "It's All Right with Me", "I Understand", "Jim", "Just Squeeze Me", "Lady Be Good" Teatro Ristori, Verona, 2022, "La mer", "Linger Awhile", "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)", "Misty", "Moon Indigo", "Only a Moment Ago", "On the Street Where You Live", "'Round Midnight", "Scat Duet", "Social Call", "Sometimes Today Seems Like Yesterday", "Sophisticated Lady", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Summertime" Indianapolis, 2022, "Sweet Love", "These Foolish Things", "They Can’t Take That Away from Me", "This is the Moment")
E3 ("A Change is Gonna Come", "April in Paris", "Autumn Nocturne", "Ballad Medley", "Be My Love" Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow, 2021, "Ev'ry Day We Say Goodbye", "Guess Who I Saw Today", "If You'd Stay the Way I Dream" Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, 2022, "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "I’m Glad There is You" Bethany Baptist Church, Newark, 2022, "In a Mellow Tone" Size Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme, 2022, "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" Live from Emmett's Place Vol. 67, 2021, "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" Grant's Tomb, Harlem, 2022, "Moon Indigo", "Only a Moment Ago" Bistro Einstein, St. Gallen, 2022, "'Round Midnight" Wave Hill, Bronx, 2022 / Camera Jazz & Music Club, Bologne, 2022, "Serenade in Blue", "Solitude", "Someone Like You", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Take Love Easy", "Worry Later", "Yesterdays")
E♭3 ("Body and Soul", "It Only Happens Once", "(It's Easy to See) the Trouble with Me is You", "Just Squeeze Me", "My Ideal", "Straight Ahead", "Worry Later" Fasching, Stockholm, 2023 / Espace culturel Robert Doisneau, Meudon-la-Forêt, 2023)
D3 ("Come Sunday", "No More Blues" 25 San Javier Jazz Festival, 2023, "Nostalgia (The Day I Knew)", "Solitude" Winter Jazzfest, 2022, "Stardust" various live performances, "This Christmas")
C♯3 ("'Round Midnight" Camera Jazz & Music Club, Bologna, 2022)
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Blue marks notes sung in head voice.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable notes}
E♭3 ("I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" ^[1])
B♭2 ("Stardust" North Sea Jazz, 2023 [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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{Discography}Albums:
Samara Joy (2021) - E♭3 - E♭5
Linger Awhile (2022) - D3 - F5

Available concerts:
Live from Emmet's Place Vol. 46 (2021) - F3 - G5
Live from Emmet's Place Vol. 67 (2021) - D3 - G♯5
Samara Joy featuring the Pasquale Grasso Trio (2021) - E♭3 - E5
Igor Butman Jazz Club, Moscow (2021) - E3 - G5
Savannah Music Fest (2022) - E♭3 - F♯5
Live at the Flat in Greenwich Village (2022) - F3 - A5
Newark Jazz Vespers and NJPAC Present Samara Joy (2022) - D3 - G5
Emmet Cohen with Samara Joy - Live from Verona, Italy (2022) - D3 - G5
Live at Trinity Church, New York (2022) - E3 - C6
Winter Jazzfest (2022) - D3 - F♯5
Fasching, Stockholm (2023) - E♭3-C6
Espace culturel Robert Doisneau, Meudon-la-Forêt (2023) - E♭3-C♯6
North Sea Jazz (2023) - D3-E6

[Homelander]

Great thread!

[kaji]

Range expansion with an Eb6!

[kaji]

Range expansion with E6. A few new bolds as well - Bb5, G5, F5.

[kaji]

Updated the thread, range expansion on both ends.