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…
The Venezuelan-based Cacao Musica jazz and Latin music label will being selling its titles in North American stores on Nov. 27. Venezuelan broadcaster Omar Jeanton formed the label in a partnership with New York Yankees player Bobby Abreu.
“Cacao’s mission is to produce and market internationally an eclectic catalog of CDs and DVDs spanning diverse musical genres and styles, including jazz, Latin-jazz, fusion, Afro-Latin, Afro-Venezuelan, pop and folk,” Jeanton said. “Venezuela is home to some of the greatest musicians in the world and they are finally starting to appear on the world stage.”
The first set of Cacao releases include drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez’s Italuba II , vibraphonist Alfredo Naranjo’s Alfredo Naranjo Y El Guajeo and percussionist Changuito’s Telegrafia Sin Hilo .
For more information go to cacaomusica.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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