Candid Records
| Candid Records | |
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| Parent company | Candid Records |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Founder | Archie Bleyer |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Official website | candidrecords.com |
Candid Records is an American jazz record label. It was founded as a subsidiary of Archie Bleyer's Cadence label in New York City in 1960. The jazz writer and civil rights activist Nat Hentoff worked as the label's A&R director, aiming to create a representative catalog of the jazz of the day. Hentoff worked with designer and photographer Frank Gauna to create many memorable album covers.[1]
Original existence, 1960-1961
Although the label released recordings of classic sessions led by Clark Terry and Coleman Hawkins with Pee Wee Russell, it is mainly recordings of the emergent avant-garde and recordings celebrating the Civil Rights movement that stand out amongst the original Candid catalog. Recordings by Cecil Taylor and Steve Lacy belong to the first group, and those by Charles Mingus and Max Roach belong to the second, but there is not a strict differentiation. In particular, Roach's Freedom Now suite is a classic political statement.
The label had a brief existence in its New York incarnation, however, and recording ceased during 1961. The catalog passed into the hands of the popular singer Andy Williams, who reissued some of the catalog on his Barnaby label.
Revival, 1988-present
In 1988, the British record producer, Alan Bates, purchased the catalog outright, and reissued all of it, as well as previously unissued material.
Since the revival of the label, its jazz releases have grown to over 300 titles as Bates launched a new recording program, which continues to the present time, including albums by David Liebman, Toots Thielemans, Bob Dorough and others. Stacey Kent, the American expatriate singer based in London, was among those who have recorded for the revitalised label—which led to furthering her recording career with Blue Note/EMI; as are Clare Teal, who has since moved to Sony with the biggest ever recording-deal by a British jazz singer; and singer-pianist Jamie Cullum – whose debut album (funded by a student loan) was taken on by the label – and eventually saw him land a million pound record deal with Verve Records. Candid's current artist roster includes Mina Agossi, Kyle Eastwood, Cormac Kenevey, Geoff Gascoyne, Robin McKelle, The Blessing, Paul Jayasinha, and latest signing, the singer/pianist Joe Stilgoe.
Bates' wife, Nieves Pascua-Bates, further expanded the operations of Candid Records in the Asia-Pacific by setting up a subsidiary in the Philippines. The most notable recording artists of the fledgling Asian jazz label, Candid Records Philippines, are the Filipino-British singer-songwriter, Mishka Adams, who had since been migrated to the mainstream Candid U.K. label; the guitarist-composer, Johnny Alegre with his jazz group, AFFINITY (whose album was launched in London's PizzaExpress Jazz Club in 2005); and Mon David, who won the London International Jazz (Singers') Competition in 2006.
Discography
| # | Leader | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 9000 | Various Artists | Candid Jazz |
| 9001 | Spann, Otis | Otis Spann Is the Blues |
| 9002 | Roach, Max | We Insist! |
| 9003 | Williams, Richard | New Horn in Town |
| 9004 | Ellis, Don | How Time Passes |
| 9005 | Mingus, Charles | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus |
| 9006 | Taylor, Cecil | The World of Cecil Taylor |
| 9007 | Lacy, Steve | The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy |
| 9008 | Harrow, Nancy | Wild Women Don't Have the Blues |
| 9009 | Terry, Clark | Color Changes |
| 9010 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Lightnin' Hopkins in New York |
| 9011 | Bailey, Benny | Big Brass |
| 9012 | Akiyoshi, Toshiko | The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet |
| 9013 | Taylor, Cecil | Jumpin' Punkins |
| 9014 | Ervin, Booker | That's It! |
| 9015 | Lincoln, Abbey | Straight Ahead |
| 9016 | Woods, Phil | Rights of Swing |
| 9017 | Taylor, Cecil & Buell Neidlinger | New York City R&B |
| 9018 | Byard, Jaki | Blues for Smoke |
| 9019 | Various Artists | Thee Jazz Life |
| 9020 | Russell, Pee Wee & Coleman Hawkins | Jazz Reunion |
| 9021 | Mingus, Charles | Mingus |
| 9022 | Jazz Artists Guild | Newport Rebels |
| 9023 | Memphis Slim | Tribute to Broonzy, Carr, Davenport |
| 9024 | Memphis Slim | USA |
| 9025 | Spann, Otis | Walking the Blues |
| 9026 * | Mingus, Charles | Reincarnation of a Lovebird |
| 9027 | Little, Booker | Out Front |
| 9028 | Crawford, Ray | Smooth Groove |
| 9029 | Massey, Cal | Blues to Coltrane |
| 9030 | Chamber Jazz Sextet | Plays Pal Joey |
| 9031 | Paich, Marty | The Picasso of Big Band Jazz |
| 9032 | Ellis, Don | Out of Nowhere |
| 9033 | Dolphy, Eric | Candid Dolphy |
| 9034 | Taylor, Cecil | Cell Walk for Celeste |
| 9035 | Thompson, Lucky | Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know? |
| 9036 | Ford, Ricky | Manhattan Blues |
| 9037 | Hodes, Art | Pagin' Mr. Jelly |
| 9038 | ||
| 9039 | ||
| 9040 | Lindsay, Erica | Dreamer |
| 9041 | Newman, David | Blue Head |
| 9042 | Mingus, Charles | Mysterious Blues |
| 9043 | ||
| 9044 | Barron, Kenny & John Hicks | Rhythm-a-ning |
| 9045 | Hayes, Louis | Crawl, The |
| 9046 | Taylor, Cecil | Air |
| 9047 | ||
| 9048 | ||
| 9049 | Bartz, Gary | West 42nd Street 3/31/90 |
| 9050 | Edison, Sweets & Buddy Tate | Swing Summit |
| 9051 | ||
| 9052 | ||
| 9053 | Ford, Ricky | Ebony Rhapsody |
| 9054 | Morganelli, Mark | Speak Low |
| 9501 | Harrison, Donald | For Art's Sake |
| 9502 | Tonooka, Sumi | Taking Time |
| 9503 | Gales, Larry | A Message from Monk |
| 9504 | Roditi, Claudio | Two of Swords |
| 9505 | Cain, Mike | Strange Omen |
| 9506 | Bartz, Gary | There Goes the Neighborhood |
| 9507 | Bonilla, Luis | Pasos Gigantes |
| 9508 | Barron, Kenny | Lemuria-Seascape |
| 9509 | Woodard, Rickey | California Cooking! |
| 9510 | Shank, Bue and Rogers, Shorty | America the Beautiful! |
| 9511 | Reed, Eric | Soldier's Hymn |
| 9512 | Liebman, David | Classic Ballads |
| 9513 | Abate, Greg | Bop City |
| 9514 | Harrison, Donald | Indian Blues |
| 9515 | Roditi, Claudio | Milestones |
| 9516 | Tonooka, Sumi | Here Comes Kai |
| 9517 | Chambers, Joe | Phantom of the City |
| 9518 | Ford, Ricky | Hot Brass |
| 9519 | Barron, Kenny & Barry Harris | Confirmation |
| 9520 | Shank, Bud | The Doctor Is In |
| 9521 | Shank, Bud and Rogers, Shorty | Eight Brothers |
| 9522 | Jerolamon, Jeff | Introducing Jeff Jerolamon |
| 9523 | D'Rivera, Paquito | Who's Smoking?! |
| 9524 | Perkins, Bill | I Wished on the Moon |
| 9525 | Scott, Shirley | Blues Everywhere |
| 9526 | Lewis, Vic | Shake Down the Stars |
| 9527 | Woodard, Rickey | The Tokyo Express |
| 9528 | Ford, Ricky | American-African Blues |
| 9529 | Cain, Mike | What Means This? |
| 9530 | Abate, Greg | Straight Ahead |
| 9531 | Liebman, David | Joy: The Music Of John Coltrane |
| 9532 | Ruiz, Hilton | Live At Birdland |
| 9533 | Shank, Bud | I Told You So! |
| 9534 | Ignatzek, Klaus | Answer, The |
| 9535 | Lewis, Vic | West Coast All-Stars Play Bill Holman |
| 9536 | ||
| 9537 | Hodes, Art | Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now! |
| 9538 | Jerolamon, Jeff | Swing Thing! |
| 9540 | Konitz, Lee | Lullaby Of Birdland |
| 9702 | Stafford, Terell | Time To Let Go |
| 9703 | Santamaria, Mongo | Brazilian Sunset |
| 9704 | Hobbs, Steve | On The Lower East Side |
| 9705 | Scott, Shirley | Skylark |
| 9706 | Klein, Guillermo | El Minotauro |
| 9707 | Shank, Bud | New Gold |
| 9708 | DiNovi, Gene | Renaissance Of A Jazz Master |
| 9711/12 | Lewis, Vic | Celebration Of Contemporary West Coast Jazz (2-CD) |
| 9713 | Bennett, Don | Chicago Calling |
| 9714 | Newton, David | In Good Company |
| 9715 | Abate, Greg | Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| 9716 | Ignatzek, Klaus | Return Voyage (To The Golden Age Of Hard Bop) |
| 9717 | Hodes, Art | Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now! |
| 9718 | Stafford, Terell | Centripetal Force |
| 9719 | Scott, Shirley | A Walkin' Thing |
| 9720 | Great British Jazz Band, The | Jubilee |
| 9721 | Williams, Jessica | Gratitude |
| 9722 | Childers, Buddy | West Coast Quintet |
| 9723 | Bennett, Don | Solar |
| 9724 | Basie Alumni | Swinging For The Count |
| 9725 | Bailey, Craig | New Journey |
| 9726 | DiNovi, Gene | Live At The Montreal Bistro, Toronto |
| 9727 | Martignon, Hector | Portrait In White & Black |
| 9728 | Newton, David | Twelfth Of The Twelfth |
| 9729 | Ignatzek, Klaus | Silent Horns |
| 9731 | Trainor, Brian | Portraits |
| 9733 | Bennett, Don | Simplexity |
| 9734 | Konitz, Lee & Harold Danko | Wild As Springtime |
| 9735 | Childers, Buddy | Artistry In Jazz |
| 9736 | Williams, Jessica | Higher Standards |
| 9737 | Kent, Stacey | Close Your Eyes |
| 9740 | Great British Jazz Band, The | British Jazz Odyssey, A |
| 9741 | Braff, Ruby | As Time Goes By… |
| 9744 | Jean-Baptiste, David | Feeling Tones |
| 9745 | Laubrock, Ingrid | Who Is It? |
| 9746 | Martignon, Hector | Foreign Affair, The |
| 9750 | Williams, Jessica | Jazz In The Afternoon |
| 9764 | Kent, Stacey | Let Yourself Go! |
References
- ↑ "Candid Records - jazz album covers". Birkajazz.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
External links
- The Candid Records official website
- Candid Records Philippines
- The Candid Records Catalog and Artist Roster