- Candid Records
infobox record label
parent = Candid Records
founded = 1960
founder =Archie Bleyer
distributor =Proper Music Distribution (In the U.K.) City Hall Records (In the U.S.)
genre =jazz
country = U.K.
url = [http://candidrecords.com/ Official website of Candid Records]Candid Records was founded as a subsidiary of
Archie Bleyer 's Cadence label inNew York City in 1960. Thejazz writer andcivil rights activist,Nat Hentoff , worked as the label's A&R director, aiming to create a representative catalog of the jazz of the day.Although there are classic dates led by
Clark Terry andColeman Hawkins withPee Wee Russell , it is mainly recordings of the emergentavant-garde and recordings celebrating theCivil Rights movement that stand out amongst the classic Candid catalog. Recordings byCecil Taylor andSteve Lacy belong to the first group, and those byCharles Mingus andMax 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 singerAndy Williams , who reissued some of the catalog on his Barnaby label. In1988 , 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 inLondon , was among those who recorded for the revitalised label -- which led to furthering her recording career with Blue Note/EMI; as areClare Teal , who had since moved to Sony with the biggest ever recording-deal by a British jazz singer; and singer-pianistJamie 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 many more.Bates' wife,
Nieves Pascua-Bates , is further expanding the operations of Candid Records, particularly in theAsia-Pacific , by setting up a subsidiary in thePhilippines . 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 inLondon 's famed PizzaExpress Jazz Club in 2005); andMon David , who won the prestigious London International Jazz (Singers') Competition in 2006.See also
*
List of record labels
*List of independent UK record labels External links
* [http://www.candidrecords.com The Candid Records official website]
* [http://candid-ph.candidrecords.com/ Candid Records Philippines]
* [http://candidrecords.com/artist_profile/artists.shtml The Candid Records Artist Roster]
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