Guess Who I Saw Today
Context
Song by Elisse Boyd and Murray Grand, covered by Samara Joy on Linger Awhile, her first album for Verve, released on September 16, 2022, and produced by Matt Pierson at Sear Sound in New York. The singer is joined by guitarist Pasquale Grasso and a rhythm section led by Kenny Washington; Peter Moore (Jazzwise) calls it a highlight of the album. The album won the 2023 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide). Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).