Sami Stevens in Concert and Conversation
NYC singer-songwriter Sami Stevens harnesses Jazz, Soul, and Folk influences to create truly intimate original music. In writing songs, singing and accompanying herself on keys, she delivers dynamic, personal performances deeply steeped in the lineage of the great American singer-songwriters of the 60’s and 70’s.
In 2023, Sami released her debut solo album ‘Morning’ on Sunnyside Records. ‘Morning’ showcases Stevens’ rich vocal delivery as it ebbs between intimate personal stories and stunning symphonic textures, treating the vastness of the human condition with painterly impressions and an empathetic disposition. Glide Magazine wrote “Sami Stevens did more than impress with her first solo outing, she quickly established herself as one of the most promising songwriters to appear in the past few years.”
For this show, Sami will feature acclaimed tenor saxophonist and long time collaborator Kazemde George. Kaz’s latest release, which features Sami, is ‘I Insist’ on Greenleaf Records. Downbeat gave it four stars, calling it “…an insistence of music as not simply technical proficiency, but as a spiritual plane to consider what is at stake in imagining and remembering who we are.”
Other ongoing collaborations of Sami’s include joining nine-time Grammy winner Norah Jones on Hammond B3 organ and background vocals as Norah tours her 2024 release ‘Visions,’ and contributing vocals to Rose Thorne by Kenny Wollesen, The Way I Feel Inside by Marty Isenberg, Brave New World by Tredici Bacci, and a new one woman show by John Zorn and Jesse Harris, currently in development.