YahZarah

R&B singer YahZarah, aka Miss Purple Saint James, studied jazz and spent time as a backup singer for Erykah Badu before successfully breaking out on her own. That history has left its musical mark: melodies and harmonies make sophisticated twists and turns over a bedrock of slow-groove R&B for a style worthy of a long list of collaborators that includes R. Kelly, Chaka Khan, Talib Qweli, and the Roots, among others.