4 LPs ON 2 CDs
24 bit digitally remastered. 20 page comprehensive booklet with memorabilia. collector edition.

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.
 
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CANDIDO CAMERO, conga drums & bongo on all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1-10] LATIN FIRE
Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis, Bernie Glow, Charlie Shavers, Al DeRisi (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.

CD 1 Total time: 65:07

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 Total time: 73:38

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