Linger Awhile: CD 2025BF40% Martin & Wood on this

Martin & Wood on this influential and much-loved album

mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters

Adding percussion to several tracks on the album was Airto Moreira

Think Herbie Hancock's '60s Blue Note recordings gently polished with a soul jazz sheen

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Linger Awhile: CD 2025BF40% Martin & Wood on this"A young vocalist with a low alto as rich as cutardand a devotion, at least for now, to a classic cool jazz sound The New York Times Samara Joy makes her Verve debut, with a voice, tone and phrasing that harkens back to the most iconic jazz vocalists of all time. At just 22 years old, Samara already belongs in the company of iconic label mates from Ella Fitzgerald to Sarah Vaughan to Billie Holiday, and is poised to become synonymous with timeless