Jazz Articles about Orchestra Classica de Espinho

Kandace Springs: Lady In Satin

by Pierre Giroux
June 9, 2025

Kandace Springs has embraced one of jazz's most emotionally charged moments, Billie Holiday's Lady In Satin (Columbia, 1958), and emerged not only unscathed but triumphant. Recorded in collaboration with Portugal's Orquestra Clássica de Espinho, this reimagined take on Lady Day's 1958 orchestral masterpiece shines with sumptuous beauty and reverence while bearing Springs' delicate emotional imprint. From the first sigh of strings on “You've Changed," it is evident that Springs and the Orquestra have met the requirements ...