AMERICAN LABELS
COLUMBIA RECORDS
The pioneers of album cover design
CLEF, NORGRAN, VERVE (1)
David Stone Martin
CLEF, NORGRAN, VERVE (2)
The photographic covers
BLUE NOTE 10" LPs
Searching for a modern jazz identity
BLUE NOTE 1500 series
Defining the hard bop style
BLUE NOTE 4000 series
Masterpieces of Reid Miles
PRESTIGE RECORDS
Images of East Coast jazz
RIVERSIDE RECORDS
Street cred with Thelonious Monk
PACIFIC JAZZ
Moods of Chet and Claxton
CONTEMPORARY
Cool West Coast, great Sound
SAVOY RECORDS
Masterworks by Charlie Parker
DIAL RECORDS
Small label, big Bird sound
ATLANTIC RECORDS
Bold and striking albums
EMARCY RECORDS
The classic drummer logo label
BETHLEHEM RECORDS
The beautiful design of Burt Goldblatt
DEBUT RECORDS
Artist-operated jazz label with Mingus & Roach
CANDID RECORDS
Legendary, early 1960s LPs
ESP-DISK
Free jazz and silk screened covers
IMPULSE RECORDS
Edgy and experimental
RCA VICTOR
The high spirit of Jim Flora
VARIOUS US labels (1)
ABC-Paramount, Aladdin, Argo, Capitol, Coral, Dawn, Decca,
and more
VARIOUS US labels (2)
Epic, Fantasy, HiFi, Imperial, Jazzland, Jazz West, Jubilee, Mercury, Mode, and more
VARIOUS US labels (3)
Roost, Signal, Storyville, Tampa, Transition, United Artists, Vee Jay, and more
EUROPEAN LABELS
SWEDEN (1)
The EP era and Metronome Records in 1950s
SWEDEN (2)
The LPs in the 1950s, and Swedish jazz abroad
SWEDEN (3)
Changing times in the 1960s
SWEDEN (4)
New energy to Swedish jazz in the 1970s
DENMARK
Montmartre, Debut Records and the heydays in Danish jazz
NORWAY
Krog and Garbarek, greats in Norwegian jazz
FINLAND
Plenty of merged styles in Finnish jazz
FRANCE
Americans in Paris, force in French jazz
ENGLAND
Esquire and Tempo, classic labels in British jazz
GERMANY
Jazz labels with strong identity
ITALY
Rare Italian jazz covers
HOLLAND
From Diamonds to ICP in
Dutch jazz
POLAND
Unique series of Polish jazz on Muza
OTHER COUNTRIES
Jazz labels around the world
Candid Records
Legendary,
early 1960s LPs
CANDID was founded in New York in 1960 by Archie Bleyer as a subsidiary of the Cadence label. It was run by jazz writer
Nat Hentoff, who in collaboration with the designer and photographer Frank Gauna created a superb series of jazz albums.
But the Candid dream came to an end already in 1961, after about 30 LP issues. The catalogue then passed in the hands
of singer Andy Williams, who reissued some of the albums on his Barnaby label. Otherwise the legendary Candid sessions were not to appear
for a quarter of century.
In the late 1980s the catalogue was acquired by Alan Bate´s London-based company Black Lions. Bates re-named his company,
and gave re-birth to the Candid name. He reissued all the classic titles, as well as items which had previously not
been released.
The designer and photographer Frank Gauna is also known for his fine works for United Artists committed jazz series in the
early 1960s.
See also
United Artists' jazz series from early 1960s is found at
Various US labels (2)
LINKS
Candid Records
illustrated discography
Candid Records Listing
Michael Fitzgerald
Interview NAT HENTOFF
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