Kandace Springs

For her 2016 album, Soul Eyes, she kept working with Sturken and Rogers, but she also attracted producer Larry Klein, who praised her as a natural talent.

Collaborating artists were trumpeter Terence Blanchard, guitarists Dean Parks and Jesse Harris, and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta.

It combines the vocal jazz tradition with modern R&B influences and a trumpet solo by Roy Hargrove.

[citation needed] On January 31, 2020, Springs released the lead single, "Pearls", off her third studio album, The Women Who Raised Me.

The Women Who Raised Me is a covers album featuring renditions of songs made famous by some of history's most iconic vocalists: Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Astrud Gilberto, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holiday, Diana Krall, Carmen McRae, Bonnie Raitt, Sade, Nina Simone, and Dusty Springfield.