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Candid Records

Candid Records

American record label

For the jazz label associated with Cadence Magazine, see Cadence Jazz Records.

Candid Records was a jazz record label first established in New York City.

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Early Candid Records

The CANDID jazz label was founded in New York City in 1960 as a subsidiary of Cadence Records, owned by Archie Bleyer. The jazz writer and civil rights activist Nat Hentoff[1][2] was the label's (A&R) director and, consequently, he attempted to create a catalog that represented the prevalent jazz music of the day. Hentoff also worked with the graphic designer and photographer Frank Gauna to create Candid's distinctive album covers.[3]

Candid's catalog included Don Ellis, Abbey Lincoln, Booker Little, Charles Mingus, and Cecil Taylor. Later, the label was acquired by pop singer Andy Williams,[4] who either reissued the catalog on his own Barnaby label or licensed them to foreign record companies into the 1970s and late 1980s.[5]

The Cadence-era Discography

The 34 Cadence-era LPs

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In 1964, due to its financial difficulties, Archie Bleyer opted to shut down Cadence Records, parent company of Candid Records[7] and sold the complete Cadence catalog (inclusive of the Candid Records recordings) to the singer, Andy Williams, owner of Barnaby Records.[8][4]

Post-Cadence Italian/German/British Candid Records

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Candid Records UK

Main article: List of Candid Records UK releases

In 1989, the Candid recordings were bought by Black Lion Records,[10] which reissued the vintage material on CDs and produced new recordings succeedingly. The new Candid Records (UK) catalogue expanded to include Greg Abate, Kenny Barron, Luis Bonilla, Art Hodes, Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Shorty Rogers and Bud Shank, Mongo Santamaría, Shirley Scott and a host of new jazz talent.

References

  1. [1]
    Nat Hentoff: on his life as a jazz critic, and memories of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme | Jerry Jazz Musician, 20 November 2001
  2. [2]
    Hentoff, Nat (1961). "The Negro in American Culture". CrossCurrents, Summer 1961. 11 (3). University of North Carolina Press: 205–224. JSTOR 24456864.
  3. [3]
    "The Birka Jazz Archive: Candid Records". BirkaJazz.se. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  4. [4]
    Tiegel, Eliot (19 September 1964). "Williams Buys Cadence Tapes". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 1. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. [5]
    Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 379. ISBN 1561592846.
  6. [6]
    "The Candid Label Album Discography". bsnpubs.com. August 28, 2003.
  7. [7]
    "Bleyer KO's Cadence". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 September 1964. p. 8. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. [8]
    "Andy Williams is Still Sitting on Cadence Tapes". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 7 November 1964. p. 6. ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. [9]
    "Candid Records Catalog: 8000/9000 series". JAZZDISCO.org. 2021.
  10. [10]
    LABEL GUIDE: CANDID | CVINYL
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