Name: Kandace Springs
Start: 2026-05-23T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-23T21:30:00-05:00
Location: 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA, United States, Louisiana 70113

𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 will perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 & 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌.
“...𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒏𝒐𝒘.”
— 𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑬
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/
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𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒' 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐑&𝐁, 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 ‘𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬’ (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔), ‘𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐨’ (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞’ (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎), albums the singer, songwriter, and pianist has released on Blue Note. The first two projects both landed at #2 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Chart. From the first second of Kandace Springs' latest album -'The Women Who Raise Me' - you know you've arrived at something different. And once she starts singing, well, it's pretty clear ‘The Women Who Raised Me’ exists apart from the normal rules that govern space, time, and talent.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖'𝐬 ‘𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐨’ 𝐋𝐏 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫-𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, ‘The Women Who Raised Me’ adheres sonically to jazz while Springs travels back and forth across a near-century of music. While the feel is as rich and complex as our her voice, the concept is simple. Springs covers the women who inspired her while she was growing up, putting her own spin on songs associated with a dozen of the greatest female vocalists of all-time: Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Astrud Gilberto, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holiday, Nora Jones, Diana Krall, Carmen McRae, Bonnie Raitt, Sade, Nina Simone, and Dusty Springfield.
"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫," 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. "It really expresses my love for all of these singers and gratitude for what they gave me. Each taught me something different and all of those lessons combined to make me who I am now. In a way, all I’m trying to do every day is live up to the examples they set. My dream is that people will listen to my album and then want to go learn more about all of these great women. If that happens, then I’ve done my job."
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞’ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 — practically a calling — for Springs, it's also an intimate showcase for her abilities. Produced by Larry Klein — who also produced Springs’ 2016 album ‘Soul Eyes’ — the album captures Springs in the studio with a spare but able band who all have ties to the artists honored here: guitarist Steve Cardenas (Norah Jones), bassist Scott Colley (Carmen McRae), and drummer Clarence Penn (Diana Krall). They played live, underscoring the power of Springs' voice and hands, as well as her gift for moving between singers' intonations and legacies while staying herself — as her heroines would want it. Heroes too. "Prince liked when I played all this stuff," Springs recalls. "He'd go, 'That's you right there."
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒 — the year she'd sign to Blue Note with an audition of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" — there was Norah Jones. When Springs was a gifted preteen pianist with no plans to sing, her father, Nashville session singer Scat Springs, slid her a copy of Nora Jones' ‘Come Away With Me’. Kandace put the CD on while doing chores, and, "When 'The Nearness of You' came on I froze," Springs says. "I was like, 'That is what I want to do!'" So of course that song made it onto ‘The Women Who Raised Me’. But also, the actual Norah Jones did too. They trade smoke-ringed verses on Ella Fitzgerald's "Angel Eyes" as Jones' Steinway dances with Springs' Wurly.
𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 - 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐏, 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬' 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 "𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥. That one was also part of her dad's informal chops-building curriculum after he brought home a secondhand upright piano when she was 10. Springs was instantly drawn to Krall's elegant playing and unfussy singing. Scat turned her onto Nina Simone too, eventually. "I didn’t like her voice at first," Springs admits. "It seemed strange, but it was so unique and haunting that I kept coming back." Before long, she was as inspired by Nina's spirit as her art. In honor of their shared love for classical, Springs incorporates Moonlight Sonata into her rousing version of "I Put a Spell on You," as David Sanborn blows fiery alto sax.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 — and players like trumpeter Avishai Cohen; flutist Elena Pinderhughes, and tenor saxophonist Chris Potter — “pop in” — ‘The Women Who Raised Me’ remains unmistakably Springs' vision. Springs says she learned much from Billie Holiday’s example — but her main takeaway is as basic as it is bone-deep: "That nothing is more important than singing from the heart.”

“𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔.”
— 𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬

“𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚, 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏 ‘𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍-𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏.”
— 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺
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