Candid Records

Candid Records was founded as a subsiduary of Archie Bleyer's Cadence label in New York City in 1960. The jazz writer and civil rights activist, Nat Hentoff worked as the labels A&R director, aiming to create a representative catalog of the jazz of the day.

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Archie Bleyer - Cadence - New York City - 1960 - Jazz - Civil rights - Nat Hentoff

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Although there are classic dates 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. Recordings by Cecil Taylor and Steve Lacy belong to the first group, and those by Charles Mingus and Max Roach belong to the second, although there is not a strict differentiation. In particular, Roach's ' suite is a classic political statement.

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Clark Terry - Coleman Hawkins - Pee Wee Russell - Avant-garde - Civil Rights - Cecil Taylor - Steve Lacy - Charles Mingus - Max Roach

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The label lasted only a short time, 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 it all, as well as items which had not previously appeared. Bates also launched a new recording program, which continues to the present time. Stacey Kent, the American expatriate singer based in London, is among those to have recorded for the revitalised label, as is Clare Teal, who has since moved to Sony with the biggest ever recording-deal by a British jazz singer.

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1961 - Andy Williams - 1988 - British - Stacey Kent - American - London - Clare Teal - Sony

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