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Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and conductor Miho Hazama are joined by Grammy-winning singing sensation Samara Joy and band, in classic songs and musical standards, paying tribute to past legends.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Nacio Herb Brown, arr Jason Charos and Andrew Cottee: You Stepped out of a Dream
Hoagy Carmichael, arr David Mason: Stardust
Davis, Ramirez and Sherman, arr Andrew Cottee: Loverman (Oh Where can You Be)
Erroll Garner, arr Paul Sikivie: Misty
Thelonius Monk: Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday)
Billie Holiday and Max Waldron, arr Donavan Austin: Left Alone
Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston: Day by Day

Interval
Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal joins Petroc Trelawny live at the Royal Albert Hall to reflect on Samara Joy's Proms debut and to discuss the enduring fascination of The Great American Songbook

Betty Carter, arr Jason Charos and Andrew Cottee: Beware my Heart
Duke Ellington, arr Samara Joy and Donavan Austin: I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good
Sun Ra, Samara Joy, Jae Mayo & Kendric McCallister, arr. Evan Sherman, David Mason, Connor Rohrer: Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True
Samara Joy and Kendric Mccallister, arr. McCallister: Five Stages of Love (Love’s Impression)
Teddy Wilson and Harold Adamson: It's the Little Things that Mean So Much
Thelonius Monk, arr David Mason: Ugly Beauty
Jobim, arr Jason Charos and Andrew Cottee: Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)

Singer Samara Joy
Samara Joy Octet:
• Connor Rohrer – piano
• Evan Sherman – drums
• Paul Sikivie – bass
• David Mason – alto saxophone/flute
• Kendric McCallister – tenor saxophone
• Jason Charos – trumpet
• Donavan Austin - trombone

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Miho Hazama, conductor

A No. 1 album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put Samara Joy on the map, establishing the young American artist as ‘the next jazz sensation’ and ‘a legend in the making’, regularly compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Fresh from another double win at this year’s Grammys, Joy makes a much-anticipated Proms debut, introducing audiences to her electric combination of youthful energy and old-soul musical style with classic songs and unique twists on instrumental classics from across jazz and its fringes, from bossa nova to the Great American Songbook. She salutes figures including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus and Oscar Peterson.