Samara Joy: Saturday, May 4, WWOZ Jazz Tent, 4:10p

“Oh man,” Samara Joy sighs, pulling her hair back, her eyes widening behind a pair of glasses. “Um, it’s been quite a ride.”

She’s talking on Zoom from her Bronx home, looking back over the last year or so. “I did a lot of gigs,” she says, laughing. “That’s all I could say. I did a lot of gigs. I got the chance to have three bands for a second, which was cool. You get the chance to explore on the spot. We have my octet,...