Feb 3, 2020 4:46 PM
Kandace Springs Honors History and Personal Growth on ‘The Women Who Raised Me’
Kandace Springs uses The Women Who Raised Me to feature songs by female performers whose music and experiences shaped…
Kandace Springs offers reverence to female musicians on her upcoming album, The Women Who Raised Me.
Feb 3, 2020 4:46 PM
Kandace Springs uses The Women Who Raised Me to feature songs by female performers whose music and experiences shaped…
Joel Ross and Good Vibes celebrate the vinyl release of Kingmaker on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Ross—who also played with Makaya McCraven and with the collective In Common—performed three sets in two days during the festival.
Aug 12, 2019 1:45 PM
By the time Paul Gonsalves shook up Fort Adams with 27 blistering choruses in 1956, the Newport Jazz Festival already…
James Francies arranged a version of Rufus’ “Ain’t Nobody” for his debut album, which was met with approval from the song’s original singer, Chaka Khan.
Apr 13, 2020 1:26 PM
Jazz pianism today stands at an apex.
There have been other moments in the music’s history when innovation rushed…
Joel Ross performs May 25 at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.
May 31, 2019 11:53 AM
In the sticky, oppressive heat of a spring Atlanta day, Stefon Harris pounds out a chordal interval on his marimba in…
On June 29, the Impulse! label issued previously unreleased studio recordings by John Coltrane (left), Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner under the title Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album.
Jan 4, 2019 12:27 PM
During 2018, DownBeat published hundreds of articles and album reviews. What’s below, though, are some features and…
Composer, keyboardist and singer Kandace Springs enlists trumpeter Roy Hargrove to play on her latest album, Indigo.
Oct 22, 2018 9:46 AM
Kandace Springs isn’t the kind of performer most fans think of when they hear the phrase “Nashville-based…
Kandance Springs’ new Blue Note album is Soul Eyes.
Nov 23, 2016 8:58 AM
As if we needed another reason to miss Prince, here’s one more: He was a superb judge of talent.
After spotting a…
Scat Springs (left) and his daughter, Kandace Springs, whose Blue Note album Soul Eyes will be released on June 24.
Jun 28, 2016 3:29 PM
One evening in May, Kandace Springs walked onto the stage at Nashville’s elegant Tennessee Performing Arts Center.…
