Katie Jarvis talks to Kandace Springs about her headline gig at the upcoming Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
She’s both a fresh talent and an old soul. Kandace Springs combines an effortless, spine-tingling jazz style all of her own with echoes of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday: nods to the past and a dazzling new future.
As a child, she was taught by Reggie, the eldest of the world-famous Wooten brothers, at home in Nashville. “My dad was like, ‘Let me see if he can give you some piano lessons’. And Reggie was like, ‘Man, I’m so busy! I don’t have time!’
“But he ended up teaching me my first jazz chords and, ever since, I felt, this just moves through my body! If you refer it to art, then jazz captures every kind of art there is. All the colours. You can mix them, separate them, blend them.”
Now a singer-songwriter pianist with a highly successful first album -Soul Eyes – to her credit, Kandace wowed audiences with her Cheltenham debut last year. This year, the talented 27-yearold is back as a headline act – and she can’t wait, she tells Katie Jarvis.
Kandace, you did your first Cheltenham gig last year, opening for Jamie Cullum. This year, you’re a headliner! How do you like the festival?
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