CANDID RECORDS

This is perhaps the most cohesive set Mingus ever made, recorded during a crisis of personnel in 1960. After many months with Mingus, Eric Dolphy and Ted Curson had decided to leave. These sessions...

More solid, straight-ahead post bop from leader/trumpeter/composer Morganelli, whose expert accompaniment draws from the prodigious chops of pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jimmy...

Most of the David Newton compositions in this set were written in a couple of weeks. While he regards the album title as an expression of the way he felt about his sidemen Dave Green and Allan...

Nois 4 recorded Bom Dia (pronounced "Bom Jeeaa") live over a long weekend, and though writing/arranging duties are shared among the collective, production detail fell to drummer and percussionist...

Bill's sense of adventure never waned throughout his career and this set is another display of the Perkins craft. This hand picked crew includes the supremely talented pianist/arranger Frank...

The prodigious piano star Eric Reed, best known for his work in the Wynton Marsalis Band, was only twenty years old at the time of this recording, his first as a leader. Dedicated to legendary...

Smoke and Mirrors is the debut album from the Tom Richards Orchestra. The title track was co-written and sung by Jamie Cullum. Featuring 5 original compositions by the band leader Tom Richards who...

In 1991 the legendary pace setters of West Coast Jazz, the Lighthouse All Stars reconvened for a series of worldwide tours and to make some new records for Candid. This recording was supervised by...

The title track of this album refers to the members of the Light House All Stars, men who have come through the jazz wars in Los Angeles to emerge at the peak of their abilities. This, one of two...

Bonsai Bop marks the recording debut of a truly outstanding pianist. Ryoko's skills emanate from a classical background - she is at once both dynamically percussive - building impressive crescendo,...

Bud Shank is among the senior practitioners of the horn and he just seems to get better and better with the years. The man from Ohio who became a leader of West Coast Jazz has done most of his...

The birth of this piano-less Bud Shank sextet occurred in Shank's Port Townsend home in Washington in July 1993 following it's annual Jazzfest. The notion of a sextet without a piano was shared with...