Samara Joy, featuring the Pasquale Grasso Trio

Samara Joy is one of the more imposing young singers working in jazz. She’s from a gospel family; her first exposure to jazz was at Fordham High School for the Arts, and a short time later she became the Ella Fitzgerald Scholar and in 2019 she won the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition. Samara will be joined by a trio led 30 year old Pasquale Grasso, a budding star from the world of solo guitar. “It’s great working with him because I know he brings his best, which pushes me to bring my A-game – nothing less.” Don’t miss these two rising stars perform at Duck Creek.

The Arts Center at Duck Creek operates in the 19th Century barn once owned by abstract expressionist John Little, who in the 1950's, used this space as a studio and meeting place for artists in the then burgeoning art colony of Springs, East Hampton. Our mission is to honor the spirit of John Little and his fellow abstract expressionists by developing and operating free, innovative fine arts programming for the benefit of the community. We see our role as a dual one: to provide all members of our community with access to contemporary arts programming, and to support and nurture our participating musicians and visual artists. The Arts Center at Duck Creek's music program was founded by former New York Times music critic and jazz guitarist Peter Watrous.

Samara Joy

featuring the

Pasquale Grasso Trio

Arts Center at Duck Creek 2021

Samara Joy - voice

Pasquale Grasso - guitar

Ari Roland - bass

Keith Balla - drums

Recorded

July 25, 2021