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Beautiful

Candido

Recorded	Oct 20-27, 1970
Label	Blue Note
Released	1970
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 166331

The record

Blue Note's early-'70s pivot toward funk and Latin crossover finds conguero Candido leading a horn-and-rhythm crew heavy on electric bass, aiming squarely at dancefloors rather than hard-bop rooms. A loose, groove-first session that trades the label's classic vocabulary for percussion-driven, of-its-moment fusion.

Session personnel

Jerry Jemmott — bass [fender]
Richard Davis — bass [fender]
Candido — congas, bongos
Herbie Lovelle — drums
David Spinozza — guitar
Frank Anderson — piano, organ
Joe Grimm — saxophone, flute
Alan Raph — trombone
Bernie Glow — trumpet
Pat Russo — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1971	Blue Note · BST-84357 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Research Craft Pressing earliest on file
1971	Blue Note · BST-84357 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1971	Blue Note · BST-84357 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1972	Liberty · BST -13074 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1973	Blue Note · BST-84357 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1993	Blue Note
1993	Blue Note · TOCJ-4357 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 80730 2 7 — CD, Album, Reissue
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 80730 2 7 — CD, Album, Reissue
2019	Blue Note · UCCQ-9548 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
—	Blue Note · BST-84357 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Scorpio