Jun 17, 2025 11:12 AM
Kandace Springs Sings Billie Holiday
When it came time to pose for the cover of her new album, Lady In Satin — a tribute to Billie Holiday’s 1958…
Songlines has released two albums—Wayne Horvitz’s Sweeter Than The Day and Misha Mengelberg’s Four In One—in Super Audio CD (SACD) format. The new audio technology offers five-channel high-definition playback in special SACD players. In addition, the discs play as regular CDs in normal CD players.
Sweeter Than The Day, recorded in January 2001, finds keyboardist Horvitz in an primarily acoustic setting, with guitarist Timothy Young, bassist Keith Lowe and drummer Andy Roth.
Dutch pianist/composer Mengelberg’s Four In One finds him in a group with trumpeter Dave Douglas, bassist Brad Jones and longtime colleague Han Bennink on drums. The set includes original tunes and Thelonious Monk compositions that the group played during a week-long gig at New York’s Iridium.
For more information on the discs, go to www.songlines.com.
“There’s nothing quite like it,” Springs says of working with an orchestra. “It’s 60 people working in harmony in the moment. Singing with them is kind of empowering but also humbling at the same time.”
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