What a voice, what a jazz feel! At the latest since Samara Joy won the "Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition" in 2019, it is no longer a secret that a very great jazz singer of a new generation is maturing here. The 22-year-old New Yorker is not only winning over audiences with performances at festivals and jazz clubs; despite her charmingly understated manner and artful vocals, she has now also generated millions and millions of clicks on Tik Tok! Verve Records, the label associated not least with recordings by immortal singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, has now prevailed in a bidding war between various companies for a contract with Samara Joy and is releasing her major label debut "Linger Awhile".