Candido

• 4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2 CD SET

Cuban-born percussionist Cándido de Guerra Camero, aldo known simple as Candido (born April 22, 1921, he is 93 at this writing) backed numerous jazz acts since the 1950s. One of the first musician to use the congas in jazz music, along with Diego Iborra and Chano Pozo, Candido played with Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Taylor, Stan Keaton, and Charlie Parker, among many others. This release presents Candido’s first four albums as a leader: Latin Fire (ABCParamount ABC286), In Indigo (ABC-Paramount ABC236), The Volcanic (ABC-Paramount ABC180), and Featuring Al Cohn (ABC-Paramount ABC125). All four LPs feature a myriad of jazz soloists, such as Charlie Shavers, Art Farmer, Jimmy Cleveland, Ernie Royal, Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Al Cohn, Dick Hyman, and Oscar Pettiford.

PERSONNEL:

• CD 1 [1-10] LATIN FIRE
• Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis, Bernie Glow, Charlie Shavers, Al DeRosi (tp), Phil Woods (as), George Duvivier (b), Charlie Persip (d), Dick Williams Singers (vcl), Manny Albam (arr, cond).
• New York, February-March 1959.

• CD 1 [11-19]: IN INDIGO
• Ernie Royal (tp), Dick Hyman (p, org), Joe Puma (g), George Duvivier (b), Charlie Persip (d).
• New York, April 28 & May 1, 1958.

• CD 2 [1-8]: CANDIDO THE VOLCANIC
• (7-8): Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Jimmy Nottingham (tp), Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell (tb), Jimmy Buffington, Ed London (fhr), Jay McAllister (tu), Hank Jones (p), Oscar Pettiford or Bill Crow (b),, Osie Johnson (d), Ernie Wilkins (arr, cond).
• New York, February 20 & 25, 1957.

• CD 2 [9-18] : FEATURING AL COHN
• Al Cohn (ts), Dick Katz (p), Joe Puma (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), Ted Sommer (d).
• New York, April 9 & 10, 1956.

TRACKS:

• CD 1 (65:07 min)
• 01. Swinging The Blues
• 02. Exactly Like You
• 03. King Porter Stomp
• 04. Ja-Da
• 05. It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
• 06. Ain’t She Sweet
• 07. When The Saints Go Marchin’ In
• 08. Honey Suckle Rose
• 09. Sweet Sue
• 10. Royal Garden Blues
• 11. Afro Blue
• 12. Caravan
• 13. Softly, But Blue
• 14. Blue Lou
• 15. Blue Prelude
• 16. Bongo Baby
• 17. Blue Dirge
• 18. Candido Cocktail
• 19. Singing Skins

• CD 2 (73:38 min.)
• 01. The Peanut Vendor
• 02. Takeela
• 03. Moonlight In Vermont
• 04. Kinda Duckish
• 05. Warm Blue Stream
• 06. Take The “A” Train
• 07. The Lady In Red
• 08. Tin-Tin-Deo
• 09. Mambo Inn
• 10. I’ll Be Back For More
• 11. Stompin’ At The Savoy
• 12. Candi Bar
• 13. Broadway
• 14. Perdido
• 15. Indian Summer
• 16. Candido’s Camera
• 17. Poinciana
• 18. Cheek To Cheek