Kandace Springs

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	The Women Who Raised Me

Kandace Springs (born January 17, 1989 in Nashville ) is an American singer , songwriter and pianist who is active in both jazz and contemporary R&B .

Live and act

Springs comes from a family of musicians; her father was a singer in the Nashville studios; one of her sisters plays the guitar. From the age of ten she received piano lessons. Influenced by recordings by Norah Jones , she wanted to become a musician. She first worked as a bar pianist . Evan Rogers brought her to New York City, where she released her EP of the same name on Blue Note Records in 2014 , which was oriented towards contemporary R&B and hip-hop. She performed live on several US television shows and received invitations to the Afropunk and Bonnaroo festivals. Prince encouraged her to find her own sound and asked her to perform on stage with him.

Her debut album Soul Eyes produced alongside Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers Larry Klein . Performing artists were trumpeter Terence Blanchard , guitarists Dean Parks and Jesse Harris, organist Pete Kuzma, bassist Dan Lutz, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and percussionist Pete Korpela. On the title track (the standard of Mal Waldron ) she accompanied herself on the piano. Her second album Indigo (2018) was produced by Karriem Riggins and clearly combines the vocal jazz tradition with contemporary R&B influences; own songs alternate with cover versions . In the same year she appeared with the WDR Big Band at the Leverkusener Jazz Days .

Spring's third studio album The Women Who Raised Me , again produced by Larry Klein, was released in March 2020 and commemorates the women who raised them (also musically). Supported by bassist Scott Colley , drummer Clarence Penn and guitarist Steve Cardenas (but also guests like Avishai Cohen , David Sanborn or Christian McBride ) she interprets songs by Lauryn Hill , Nina Simone , Carmen McRae , Roberta Flack , Astrud Gilberto , Sade as well as ( in a duo with Norah Jones) Ella Fitzgerald's favorite song Angel Eyes .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Chart sources: AT CH
↑ Discovery: Kandace Springs. In: Interviewmagazine.com. December 12, 2014, accessed April 18, 2020 .
↑ Indigo at Allmusic (English)
↑ Kandace Springs and WDR Big Band in Leverkusen. wdr.de, November 7, 2018, accessed on April 18, 2020 .
↑ New interpretation: Kandace Springs with a soulful homage. In: Stern . April 3, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Springs, Kandace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American singer, songwriter and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nashville

[charts-1] Chart sources: AT CH

[2] Discovery: Kandace Springs. In: Interviewmagazine.com. December 12, 2014, accessed April 18, 2020 .

[3] Indigo at Allmusic (English)

[4] Kandace Springs and WDR Big Band in Leverkusen. wdr.de, November 7, 2018, accessed on April 18, 2020 .

[5] New interpretation: Kandace Springs with a soulful homage. In: Stern . April 3, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .