Candid Records
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Candid Records 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 cover
s.
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 We Insist! 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. 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, it's 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 , Kyle Eastwood
, Cormac Kenevey, Geoff Gascoyne, , 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.
Archie Bleyer
Archie Bleyer was an American song arranger, bandleader, and record company executive.-Early life:He was born in the Corona section of the New York City borough of Queens. He began playing the piano when he was only seven years old...
's Cadence
Cadence Records
Cadence Records was an American record company based in New York City. It was founded by Archie Bleyer, who had been the musical director and orchestra leader for Arthur Godfrey in 1952...
label in New York City in 1960. The jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
writer and civil rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist, Nat Hentoff
Nat Hentoff
Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall Street Journal....
, 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 cover
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
s.
History
Although there are classic dates led by Clark TerryClark Terry
Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
and Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"...
with Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell
Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, was a jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but eventually focused solely on clarinet....
, it is mainly recordings of the emergent avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
and recordings celebrating the Civil Rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
movement that stand out amongst the original Candid catalog. Recordings by Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor is an American pianist and poet. Classically trained, Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and...
and Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
belong to the first group, and those by Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...
and Max Roach
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...
belong to the second, but there is not a strict differentiation. In particular, Roach's We Insist! Freedom Now
We Insist! - Freedom Now
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is a 1960 jazz album containing a suite which Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The cover references the sit-in movement of the Civil...
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
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
, who reissued some of the catalog on his Barnaby label. 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, it's 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
Toots Thielemans
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
, Bob Dorough and others. Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent is a Grammy nominated American jazz singer.- Background :Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Her paternal grandfather was Russian. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation...
, 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
Clare Teal
Clare Teal is an English jazz singer who has become famous not only for her singing, but also for having signed the biggest ever recording contract by a British jazz singer.-Biography:...
, who has since moved to Sony with the biggest ever recording-deal by a British jazz singer; and singer-pianist Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...
– 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
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
. Candid's current artist roster includes , Kyle Eastwood
Kyle Eastwood
Kyle Eastwood is an American jazz musician. He studied film at the University of Southern California for two years before embarking on a music career. After becoming a session player in the early '90s and leading his own quartet, he released his first solo album, From There to Here, in 1998...
, Cormac Kenevey, Geoff Gascoyne, , 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
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...
by setting up a subsidiary in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. 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
Johnny Alegre
Juan Bautista H. Alegre , widely known as Johnny Alegre, is a jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines...
with his jazz group, AFFINITY
Johnny Alegre Affinity
The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY is a jazz group originating from the Philippines. It is led by self-taught Philippine guitarist-composer Johnny Alegre, together with bassist Colby de la Calzada, drummer Koko Bermejo, pianist Elhmir Saison and saxophonist Tots Tolentino...
(whose album was launched in London's PizzaExpress Jazz Club
Pizza Express
PizzaExpress is a restaurant group with over 400 restaurants across the United Kingdom and 40 overseas in China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and the Middle East. It was founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot.In Ireland, PizzaExpress trades under the name Milano....
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 Otis Spann was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.-Career:Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style.... | Otis Spann Is The Blues |
9002 | Roach, Max | We Insist! - Freedom Now We Insist! - Freedom Now We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is a 1960 jazz album containing a suite which Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The cover references the sit-in movement of the Civil... |
9003 | Williams, Richard Richard Williams (musician) Richard Gene Williams was an American jazz trumpeter.Williams was born in Galveston, Texas, and played tenor saxophone early in his life before picking up trumpet as a teenager. He played in local Texas bands and attended Wiley College, where he majored in music... | New Horn In Town |
9004 | Ellis, Don Don Ellis Don Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures... | How Time Passes |
9005 | Mingus, Charles | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1960. To produce an atmosphere, Mingus makes spoken introductions "live" in the studio: hence the album's title.... |
9006 | Taylor, Cecil | The World of Cecil Taylor The World of Cecil Taylor The World of Cecil Taylor is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in October 1960. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles. Alternate takes from these sessions were released on Air in 1987... |
9007 | Lacy, Steve | The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy is the third album by Steve Lacy and the first to be released on the Candid label in 1961. It features performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor and Miles Davis by Lacy, Charles Davis, John Ore and Roy Haynes.-Reception:The Allmusic review by... |
9008 | Harrow, Nancy Nancy Harrow Nancy Harrow is an American jazz singer and songwriter.Harrow studied classical piano from age seven, then decided to pursue careers in dancing and singing... | Wild Women Don't Have The Blues |
9009 | Terry, Clark Clark Terry Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award... | Color Changes |
9010 | Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin' Hopkins Sam John Hopkins better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Houston, Texas... | In New York |
9011 | Bailey, Benny Benny Bailey Benny Bailey, born Ernest Harold Bailey , was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpeter.-Biography:... | Big Brass |
9012 | Akiyoshi, Toshiko Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best... | The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet The jazz album The Toshiko - Mariano Quartet featuring Toshiko Akiyoshi on piano and Charlie Mariano on alto saxophone was recorded in New York in 1960 and released on the Candid label... |
9013 | Taylor, Cecil | Jumpin' Punkins Jumpin' Punkins Jumpin' Punkins is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in January 1961 but not issued in the States until 1987. The first release was in Japan by CBS/Sony in 1974. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles with Billy Higgins,... |
9014 | Ervin, Booker Booker Ervin Booker Telleferro Ervin II was an American tenor saxophone player. He was perhaps best known for his association with bassist Charles Mingus.... | That's It! That's It! That's It! is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Booker Ervin, who always had a very unique sound on the tenor, is heard in prime form on... |
9015 | Lincoln, Abbey Abbey Lincoln Anna Marie Wooldridge , better known by her stage name Abbey Lincoln, was a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. Lincoln was unusual in that she wrote and performed her own compositions, expanding the expectations of jazz audiences.-Biography:Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was one of many... | Straight Ahead Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln album) Straight Ahead is an album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label.-Reception:... |
9016 | Woods, Phil Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:... | Rights Of Swing |
9017 | Taylor, Cecil & Buell Neidlinger Buell Neidlinger Buell Neidlinger is an American cellist and double bassist.Neidlinger was born in Westport, Connecticut. After Yale University, he moved to New York City and began playing in various jazz settings... | New York City R&B New York City R&B New York City R&B is a 1961 free jazz album originally recorded at a session by bassist Buell Neidlinger but subsequently reissued under joint names with the pianist Cecil Taylor. It was produced by Nat Hentoff... |
9018 | Byard, Jaki Jaki Byard Jaki Byard was an American jazz pianist and composer who also played trumpet and saxophone, among several other instruments. He was noteworthy for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz... | Blues For Smoke |
9019 | Various Artists | Jazz Life, The |
9020 | Russell, Pee Wee Pee Wee Russell Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, was a jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but eventually focused solely on clarinet.... & Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"... | Jazz Reunion |
9021 | Mingus, Charles | Mingus |
9022 | Various Artists | Newport Rebels |
9023 | Memphis Slim Memphis Slim Memphis Slim was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other... | Tribute to Broonzy, Carr, Davenport, etc |
9024 | Memphis Slim | USA |
9025 | Spann, Otis | Walking The Blues |
9026 * | Mingus, Charles | Reincarnation of a Lovebird Reincarnation of a Lovebird Reincarnation of a Lovebird is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus; it was recorded and released in 1960.-Track listing:#"Reincarnation of a Lovebird No 2" – 6:58#"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" – 3:51#"R & R" – 11:51... |
9027 | Little, Booker Booker Little Booker Little, Jr was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.-Biography:Despite his premature death from kidney failure at the age of 23, Little made an important contribution to jazz. Stylistically, his sound is rooted in the playing of Clifford Brown, featuring crisp articulation, a burnished... | Out Front Out Front Out Front is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Candid label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated "His seven now-obscure originals are challenging for the soloists and there are many strong... |
9028 | Crawford, Ray | Smooth Groove |
9029 | Massey, Cal Cal Massey Calvin Massey was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.Massey studied trumpet under Freddie Webster, and following this played in the big bands of Jay McShann, Jimmy Heath, and Billie Holiday. In the late 1950s he led an ensemble with Jimmy Garrison, McCoy Tyner, and Tootie Heath; John Coltrane... | Blues To Coltrane |
9030 | Chamber Jazz Sextet | Plays Pal Joey |
9031 | Paich, Marty Marty Paich Martin Louis "Marty" Paich was an American pianist, composer, arranger, producer, music director and conductor.... | Picasso Of Big Band Jazz, The |
9032 | Ellis, Don | Out Of Nowhere |
9033 | Dolphy, Eric Eric Dolphy Eric Allan Dolphy was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. On a few occasions he also played the clarinet and baritone saxophone. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence in the 1960s... | Candid Dolphy |
9034 | Taylor, Cecil | Cell Walk for Celeste Cell Walk for Celeste Cell Walk for Celeste is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in January 1961 but not released until 1988. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles... |
9035 | Thompson, Lucky Lucky Thompson Eli "Lucky" Thompson was a United States jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist... | Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know? |
9036 | Ford, Ricky Ricky Ford Ricky Ford is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Ford was born in Boston and studied at the New England Conservatory. In 1974 he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington from 1974 to 1976... | Manhattan Blues |
9037 | Hodes, Art Art Hodes Arthur W. Hodes , known professionally as Art Hodes, was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:... | Pagin' Mr. Jelly |
9038 | ||
9039 | ||
9040 | Lindsay, Erica Erica Lindsay Erica Lindsay is an American saxophone player and composer. Erica Lindsay is an American jazz - saxophonist and composer.... | Dreamer |
9041 | Newman, David David Newman (jazz musician) David "Fathead" Newman was an American jazz saxophonist.-Biography:Born in Corsicana, Texas, Newman's professional career as a musician began in 1954 as a member of the Ray Charles Band.... | Blue Head |
9042 | Mingus, Charles | Mysterious Blues |
9043 | ||
9044 | Barron, Kenny & John Hicks | Rhythm-a-ning |
9045 | Hayes, Louis Louis Hayes Louis Hayes is an American jazz drummer.-Biography:His father played drums and piano and his mother the piano and he refers to the early influence of hearing jazz, especially that of big bands, on the radio... | Crawl, The |
9046 | Taylor, Cecil | Air Air (Cecil Taylor album) Air is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded for the Candid label in October 1960. The album features performances by Taylor with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles and Sunny Murray on alternate takes of material released on The World of Cecil Taylor... |
9047 | ||
9048 | ||
9049 | Bartz, Gary Gary Bartz Gary Bartz is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.Bartz graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and The Juilliard School... | West 42nd Street 3/31/90 |
9050 | Edison, Sweets Sweets Edison Harry "Sweets" Edison , born in Columbus, Ohio, was an American jazz trumpeter and member of the Count Basie Orchestra.-Biography:He spent his early childhood in Kentucky, where he was introduced to music by an uncle... & Buddy Tate | Swing Summit |
9051 | ||
9052 | ||
9053 | Ford, Ricky | Ebony Rhapsody |
9054 | Morganelli, Mark | Speak Low |
9501 | Harrison, Donald Donald Harrison Donald Harrison, Jr. is an American jazz saxophonist from New Orleans, Louisiana.-Biography:Harrison studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and Berklee College of Music. He played with Roy Haynes, Jack McDuff, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Terence Blanchard and Don Pullen in the... | For Art's Sake |
9502 | Tonooka, Sumi | Taking Time |
9503 | Gales, Larry Larry Gales Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales was an American jazz double-bassist.Gales began playing bass at age 11, and attended the Manhattan School of Music in the late 1950s. In that decade and the beginning of the next he worked with J.C. Heard, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Mann, Junior... | Message From Monk, A |
9504 | Roditi, Claudio Claudio Roditi Claudio Roditi is a Brazilian jazz trumpeter.After arriving in the United States in 1970, he began to study at Berklee School of Music, where he became musically influenced by Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan... | Two Of Swords |
9505 | Cain, Mike Michael Cain Michael Cain is a pianist and composer.- Biography :Michael Cain first started playing the piano at the age of four and was quickly improvising and composing... | Strange Omen |
9506 | Bartz, Gary | There Goes The Neighborhood |
9507 | Bonilla, Luis Luis Bonilla Luis Bonilla is an American Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin jazz trombonist born in Los Angeles, California of Costa Rican descent. He is a Grammy Award- winning performer, composer, and Music Professor, about whom the New York Times has described as the artist who "explodes the usual musical structures... | Pasos Gigantes |
9508 | Barron, Kenny Kenny Barron Kenny Barron , is an American jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and known for his lyrical, adaptive style.-Biography:... | Lemuria-Seascape |
9509 | Woodard, Rickey | California Cooking! |
9510 | Shank, Bue and Rogers, Shorty | America The Beautiful! |
9511 | Reed, Eric Eric Reed (musician) Eric Scott Reed, , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American jazz pianist and composer.His group Black Note released several albums in the 1990s.-Biography:... | Soldier's Hymn |
9512 | Liebman, David | Classic Ballads |
9513 | Abate, Greg Greg Abate Greg Abate is a Jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet.... | Bop City |
9514 | Harrison, Donald | Indian Blues |
9515 | Roditi, Claudio | Milestones |
9516 | Tonooka, Sumi | Here Comes Kai |
9517 | Chambers, Joe Joe Chambers Joe Chambers is an American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year. In the 1960s and 70s Chambers gigged with many high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Lou Donaldson, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Giuffre... | Phantom Of The City |
9518 | Ford, Ricky | Hot Brass |
9519 | Barron, Kenny & Barry Harris Barry Harris Barry Doyle Harris is an American bebop jazz pianist and educator.-Biography:Harris left Detroit for New York City in 1960... | Confirmation |
9520 | Shank, Bud Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first... | Doctor Is In, The |
9521 | Shank, Bud and Rogers, Shorty Shorty Rogers Milton “Shorty” Rogers , born Milton Rajonsky in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played both the trumpet and flugelhorn, and was in demand for his skills as an arranger. Rogers worked first as a professional musician with Will Bradley and... | Eight Brothers |
9522 | Jerolamon, Jeff | Introducing |
9523 | D'Rivera, Paquito Paquito D'Rivera Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin... | Who's Smoking?! |
9524 | Perkins, Bill Bill Perkins (saxophonist) Bill Perkins was a cool jazz saxophonist and flutist popular on the West Coast jazz scene, known primarily as a tenor saxophonist. Born in San Francisco, California, Perkins started out performing in the big bands of Woody Herman and Jerry Wald. He also worked for the Stan Kenton orchestra, which... | I Wished On The Moon |
9525 | Scott, Shirley Shirley Scott Shirley Scott was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist. She was most known for working with her husband, Stanley Turrentine, and with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis... | Blues Everywhere |
9526 | Lewis, Vic Vic Lewis Vic Lewis was a British jazz guitarist and bandleader.Lewis began playing the guitar at the age of three, and dabbled with cornet and trombone. One of his early bands included George Shearing, then a teenager, among its members... | Shake Down The Stars |
9527 | Woodard, Rickey | Tokyo Express, The |
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 Hilton Ruiz Hilton Ruiz was a Puerto Rican American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player.... | Live At Birdland |
9533 | Shank, Bud | I Told You So! |
9534 | Ignatzek, Klaus Klaus Ignatzek Klaus Ignatzek is a German jazz pianist who has recorded as leader for Red Records, Timeless Records, and Candid Records.-References:... | 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 Lee Konitz Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings... | Lullaby Of Birdland |
9702 | Stafford, Terell Terell Stafford Terell Stafford is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University.Terell Stafford born in Miami, Florida and raised in both Chicago, Illinois and Silver Spring, Maryland. He went on to get a degree in music education from University of Maryland in 1988... | Time To Let Go |
9703 | Santamaria, Mongo Mongo Santamaría Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All... | Brazilian Sunset |
9704 | Hobbs, Steve | On The Lower East Side |
9705 | Scott, Shirley | Skylark |
9706 | Klein, Guillermo Guillermo Klein Guillermo Klein is an Argentine pianist and composer.He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994, and throughout the 1990s held a residency at Smalls, a jazz club in New York City. Known for his highly original harmonic and stylistic concepts, Klein has garnered much respect from the jazz... | 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 | Walkin' Thing, A |
9720 | Great British Jazz Band, The | Jubilee |
9721 | Williams, Jessica | Gratitude |
9722 | Childers, Buddy Buddy Childers Marion "Buddy" Childers became famous in 1942 at the age of 16, when Stan Kenton hired him to be the lead trumpet in his band.As Childers later told Steve Voce:... | 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 Harold Danko Harold Danko is an American jazz pianist.Danko attended Youngstown State University. Among his credits are work in the big bands of Chet Baker, Woody Herman, and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, as well as smaller ensembles with Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz... | Wild As Springtime |
9735 | Childers, Buddy | Artistry In Jazz |
9736 | Williams, Jessica Jessica Williams Jessica Jennifer Williams is an American pianist and composer who has deep roots in jazz. She has been called "one of the top jazz pianists of today."-History:... | Higher Standards |
9737 | Kent, Stacey Stacey Kent Stacey Kent is a Grammy nominated American jazz singer.- Background :Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Her paternal grandfather was Russian. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation... | Close Your Eyes |
9740 | Great British Jazz Band, The | British Jazz Odyssey, A |
9741 | Braff, Ruby Ruby Braff Reuben "Ruby" Braff was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Gary Moore TV show and described Ruby as "The Ivy League Louis Armstrong."Braff was born in Boston... | As Time Goes By… |
9744 | Jean-Baptiste, David | Feeling Tones |
9745 | Laubrock, Ingrid Ingrid Laubrock Ingrid Laubrock is a German-born jazz saxophonist, who plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.She studied with Jean Toussaint, Dave Liebman and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.... | Who Is It? |
9746 | Martignon, Hector | Foreign Affair, The |
9750 | Williams, Jessica | Jazz In The Afternoon |
9764 | Kent, Stacey | Let Yourself Go! |