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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 covers. 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 amongst the classic 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 lasted only briefly 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 it all, as well as items which had previously not been released. Candid’s jazz catalogue is now an impressive collection of over 300 titles including those by David Liebman, Toots Thielemans, Bob Dorough and others. Bates also launched a new recording program, which continues to the present time. Stacey Kent, the American expatriate singer based in London, was among those who recorded for the revitalised label -- which led to furthering her recording career with Blue Note/EMI; as are Clare Teal, who had 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, is further expanding the operations of Candid Records, particularly 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 supergroup, AFFINITY (whose album was launched in London's famed PizzaExpress Jazz Club in 2005); and Mon David, who won the prestigious London International Jazz (Singers') Competition in 2006.
- Candid Records ist ein 1960 in New York von Archie Bleyer gegründetes Jazz-Label (als Sub-Label seines Cadence Labels), für die Anfang der 1960er Jahre der Jazzkritiker und Bürgerrechtler Nat Hentoff Produzent war. Sie brachten u. a. Charles Mingus („Mingus“ 1960, „Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus“), Abbey Lincoln und Max Roach (mit der programmatischen „We Insist! Freedom Now Suite“) und Eric Dolphy heraus. Das Label bestand nur bis 1961 (der Sänger Andy Williams machte aber einige Wiederveröffentlichungen aus dem Katalog auf seinem Barnaby Label), wurde aber 1988 von dem englischen Produzenten Alan Bates neu belebt. Bates brachte den gesamten Katalog neu heraus, ebenso wie einige früher nicht veröffentlichte Aufnahmen. Candid brachte in England u.a. die Sänger Jamie Cullum, Clare Teal und Stacey Kent heraus, von denen Cullum (dessen Debütalbum bei Candid erschien) aber mit einsetzendem Erfolg zu Verve Records weiterzog und Clare Teal zu Sony. Über die Ehefrau von Bates – Nieves Pascua-Bates – expandiert das Label auch in den Philippinen. „Candid Records Philippines“ brachten u.a. den Jazz-Gitarristen Johnny Alegre und den Jazz-Sänger Mon David heraus.
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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 covers.
- Candid Records ist ein 1960 in New York von Archie Bleyer gegründetes Jazz-Label (als Sub-Label seines Cadence Labels), für die Anfang der 1960er Jahre der Jazzkritiker und Bürgerrechtler Nat Hentoff Produzent war. Sie brachten u. a. Charles Mingus („Mingus“ 1960, „Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus“), Abbey Lincoln und Max Roach (mit der programmatischen „We Insist! Freedom Now Suite“) und Eric Dolphy heraus.
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