Cadet Records
Cadet Records fue una compañía discográfica estadounidense que comenzó bajo el nombre de Argo Records en 1955 como la subsidiaria de jazz de Chess Records. Argo cambió su nombre en 1965 a Cadet para evitar confusiones con el sello del mismo nombre en el Reino Unido.[2] Cadet dejó de lanzar discos alrededor de 1974, cuando sus artistas fueron transferidos a Chess.
| Cadet Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Empresa matriz | Chess Records | |
| Fundación | 1955 | |
| Fundador(es) | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess (hermanos)[1] | |
| Desaparición | 1974, paulatinamente desde la compra en 1969 por parte de GRT Corporation | |
| Género(s) | Jazz, blues, rock and roll, funk | |
| País | Bandera de Estados Unidos Estados Unidos | |
| Localización | Chicago, Illinois | |
A lo largo de sus casi 20 años de existencia, Cadet lanzó más de 500 álbumes,[3] consolidándose como una fuerza importante en el soul-jazz y el jazz-funk. El apogeo comercial del sello se produjo entre 1965 y 1969, cuando el pianista Ramsey Lewis se convirtió en su artista más exitoso con éxitos como «Wade in the Water» (1966), mientras que productores y arreglistas clave como Esmond Edwards, Richard Evans y Charles Stepney dieron forma a su sonido distintivo.
También existió Cadet Concept Records, destinada al rock y a música más vanguardista, como la de Rotary Connection, y el experimental álbum psicodélico Electric Mud de Muddy Waters. El sello logró tener un éxito en el Top 20 en 1968 con el sencillo «Pictures of Matchstick Men» de la banda británica Status Quo a través de un acuerdo de licencia con Pye Records en Londres. Una banda de San Luis conocida como The Truth (también llamada The Acid Sette) firmó y grabó para este sello bajo la dirección de Abner Spector.
Entre los lanzamientos más destacados de Cadet se encuentran el influyente álbum de jazz con arpa Afro-Harping (1968) de Dorothy Ashby, Tell Mama (1967) de Etta James, y las grabaciones de soul-folk Occasional Rain y What Color Is Love (1972) de Terry Callier. La empresa matriz del sello, Chess Records, fue vendida a GRT Corporation en 1969, lo que llevó al declive gradual de Cadet y a su posterior cierre.[4]
Los masters de audio originales pertenecen en la actualidad a Universal Music.
Artistas destacados
editarA continuación se listan algunos de los artistas musicales que trabajaron con Cadet Records a lo largo de sus 19 años de historia:
- Dorothy Ashby
- Benny Bailey
- Rod Bernard
- Kenny Burrell
- Terry Callier
- Butch Cornell
- Sonny Cox
- The Dells
- Joe Diorio
- Bunky Green
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry
- Illinois Jacquet
- Ahmad Jamal
- Etta James
- John Klemmer
- Ramsey Lewis
- Jack McDuff
- Don Patterson
- Rotary Connection
- Marlena Shaw
- The Soulful Strings
- Jill St. John
- Sarah Vaughan
- Reuben Wilson
- Eldee Young
Discografía (1965-1975)
editarContinuación de la serie de jazz Argo 600
editarCadet se estableció en 1965 tras el cambio de nombre del sello Argo. Con el cambio de nombre, se introdujo un nuevo logotipo que mostraba el caballo de una pieza de ajedrez en sustitución del logotipo anterior.[5] Cadet continuó con la serie Argo 600 de jazz y la serie 4000 de blues.[6]
| Número de catálogo | Título | Artista |
|---|---|---|
| LPS-628 | But Not For Me | Ahmad Jamal Trio |
| LPS-637 | Jug Turn From Overbrook | James Moody |
| LPS-646 | Jamal At The Penthouse | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-679 | Moody With Strings | James Moody |
| LPS-687 | Sound Of Christmas | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-693 | Sound Of Spring | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-722 | The Message | Illinois Jacquet |
| LPS-723 | Barefoot Sunday Blues | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-741 | At The Bohemian Caverns | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-745 | More Sounds Of Christmas | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-754 | Spectrum | Illinois Jacquet |
| LPS-755 | Choice! The Best of the Ramsey Lewis Trio | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-756 | Cookin' the Blues | James Moody |
| LPS-757 | The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-758 | Extensions | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-759 | Musty Rusty | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-760 | Inter-Action | Sonny Stitt y Zoot Sims |
| LPS-761 | Hang On Ramsey! | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-762 | The Knack | The Interpreters |
| LPS-763 | Smoking with Willis | Willis Jackson |
| LPS-764 | Rhapsody | Ahmad Jamal con cuerdas |
| LPS-765 | The Wailer | Sonny Cox |
| LPS-766 | Playin' for Keeps | Bunky Green |
| LPS-767 | Gotta Travel On | Ray Bryant Trio |
| LPS-768 | Rough House Blues | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-769 | Man at Work (Reedición de Argo LP-655) | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-770 | Soul in the Night | Sonny Stitt y Bunky Green |
| LPS-771 | Swingin' (Reedición de Argo LP-611) | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-772 | The Tender Gender | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-773 | Go Power! | Illinois Jacquet |
| LPS-774 | Wade in the Water | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-775 | Raising the Roof | Odell Brown and the Organ-izers |
| LPS-776 | Paint It Black | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-777 | Heat Wave | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-778 | Lonesome Traveler | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-779 | Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-780 | The Latinization of Bunky Green | Bunky Green |
| LPS-781 | Slow Freight | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-782 | The Movie Album | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-783 | Gene Ammons Makes it Happen (Reedición de Chess LP 1442) | Gene Ammons |
| LPS-784 | Mood to Be Wooed | Varios artistas |
| LPS-785 | Jug and Sonny (Reedición editada de Chess LP 1445) | Gene Ammons y Sonny Stitt |
| LPS-786 | Standard Eyes | Ahmad Jamal |
| LPS-787 | Goin' Down Home | Don Patterson |
| LPS-788 | Mellow Yellow | Odell Brown and the Organ-izers |
| LPS-789 | Blowing in the Wind | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-790 | Goin' Latin | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-791 | Feature Spot | Eldee Young y Red Holt |
| LPS-792 | Cry Young | Ahmad Jamal con coros |
| LPS-793 | The Ray Bryant Touch | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-794 | Dancing in the Street | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-795 | Ain't Doing Too B-A-D, Bad | Bobby Bryant |
| LPS-796 | Groovin' with the Soulful Strings | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-797 | Involvement | John Klemmer Quartet |
| LPS-798 | Ode to 52nd Street | Kenny Burrell |
| LPS-799 | Up Pops Ramsey Lewis | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-800 | Ducky | Odell Brown and the Organ-izers |
| LPS-801 | Take a Bryant Step | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-802 | Tell Mama | Etta James |
| LPS-803 | Out of Different Bags | Marlena Shaw |
| LPS-804 | There Is | The Dells |
| LPS-805 | Another Exposure | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-806 | Brand New Morning | Frank D'Rone |
| LPS-807 | The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful | Ahmad Jamal con coros |
| LPS-808 | And We Were Lovers | John Klemmer Quartet con cuerdas |
| LPS-809 | Afro-Harping | Dorothy Ashby |
| LPS-810 | Her Point of View | Clea Bradford |
| LPS-811 | Maiden Voyage | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-812 | The Natural Thing | Brother Jack McDuff |
| LPS-813 | The Peace-Maker | Harold Land Quintet |
| LPS-814 | The Magic of Christmas | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-815 | Lou Donaldson at His Best | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-816 | Yusef Lateef (Reedición de Argo LP 634) | Yusef Lateef |
| LPS-817 | Getting Our Thing Together | Brother Jack McDuff |
| LPS-818 | Up Above the Rock | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-819 | Light My Fire | Woody Herman |
| LPS-820 | Back By Demand: The Soulful Strings in Concert | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-821 | Mother Nature's Son | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-822 | The Dells Musical Menu: Always Together | The Dells |
| LPS-823 | Odell Brown Plays Otis Redding | Odell Brown |
| LPS-824 | The Dells' Greatest Hits | The Dells |
| LPS-825 | Dorothy's Harp | Dorothy Ashby |
| LPS-826 | Upchurch | Phil Upchurch |
| LPS-827 | Another Voyage | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| LPS-828 | The Third Cup | The Eddie Fisher Quintet |
| LPS-829 | Love Is Blue | The Dells |
| LPS-830 | Sound Ray | Ray Bryant |
| LPS-831 | Gin and Orange | Brother Jack McDuff |
| LPS-832 | Etta James Sings Funk | Etta James |
| LPS-833 | The Spice Of Life | Marlena Shaw |
| LPS-834 | String Fever | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-835 | Heavy Exposure | Woody Herman |
| LPS-836 | The Piano Player | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-837 | Like It Is, Like It Was | The Dells |
| LPS-838 | Free Delivery | Odell Brown |
| LPS-839 | The Best of Ramsey Lewis | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-840 | The Way I Feel | Phil Upchurch |
| LPS-841 | The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby | Dorothy Ashby |
| LPS-842 | Fried Buzzard | Lou Donaldson |
| LPS-843 | S.O.B. | Shades of Brown |
| LPS-844 | Them Changes | Ramsey Lewis |
| LPS-845 | Woody | Woody Herman |
| LPS-846 | Soulful Strings Play Gamble and Huff | The Soulful Strings |
| LPS-847 | Losers Weepers | Etta James |
| LPS-848 | Eddie Fisher & the Next Hundred Years | Eddie Fisher |
Continuación de la serie de blues Argo 4000
editar| Número de catálogo | Título | Artista |
|---|---|---|
| LPS-4025 | Top Ten | Etta James |
| LPS-4036 | The Three Souls | Dangerous Dan Express |
| LPS-4046 | Bob Hope on the Road to Vietnam | Bob Hope |
| LPS-4047 | Jammin' with the Windjammers | The Windjammers |
| LPS-4048 | Feeling Good | Jean DuShon |
| LPS-4049 | Tough! | Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers |
| LPS-4050 | Fred Wacker Big Band Swings Cool | Fred Wacker Big Band |
| LPS-4051 | The Blues, Volume 5 | Varios artistas |
| LPS-4052 | I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag! | Shel Silverstein |
| LPS-4053 | Weary Traveler | King Fleming |
| LPS-4054 | Drain My Brain | Shel Silverstein |
| LPS-4055 | Call My Name | Etta James |
| LPS-4056 | I Cried for You | Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
| LPS-4057 | Carryin' On | Milt Trenier y Micki Lynn |
| LPS-4058 | Fighting Back | Greig McRitchie Band |
Cadet Concept
editarCadet Concept fue fundada por Marshall Chess (hijo de Leonard) en 1967 con el primer álbum de Rotary Connection, llegando a editar cinco álbumes de dicho grupo de los 18 lanzados en total por el subsello hasta 1970. También contó con la participación de la banda británica Status Quo, el saxofonista John Klemmer y las leyendas del blues Muddy Waters y Howlin' Wolf.[7]
| N.º de catálogo | Álbum | Artista |
|---|---|---|
| LPS-312 | Rotary Connection | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-314 | Electric Mud | Muddy Waters |
| LPS-315 | Messages from the Status Quo | Status Quo |
| LPS-316 | Salloom, Sinclair and the Mother Bear | Salloom & Sinclair |
| LPS-317 | Aladdin | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-318 | Peace | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-319 | The Howlin' Wolf Album | Howlin' Wolf |
| LPS-320 | After the Rain | Muddy Waters |
| LPS-321 | Blowin' Gold | John Klemmer |
| LPS-322 | Songs | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-323 | In Due Time... | Aesop's Fables |
| LPS-325 | What I Did on My Vacation | Joel Vance |
| LPS-326 | All the Children Cried | John Klemmer |
| LPS-327 | Salloom and Sinclair | Salloom & Sinclair |
| LPS-328 | Dinner Music | Rotary Connection |
| LPS-329 | Archie Whitewater | Archie Whitewater |
| LPS-330 | Eruptions | John Klemmer |
| LPS-331 | Aesop's Fables | Aesop's Fables |
Discografía consolidada de álbumes de Chess/Cadet en GRT (1971-1975)
editarTras el fallecimiento de Leonard Chess en 1971, Chess Records fue adquirida por General Recorded Tape (GRT Records). Esta corporación consolidó los sellos Chess y Cadet bajo una misma secuencia numérica de catálogo, utilizando a sus artistas y marcas comerciales hasta 1975.[8]
| Número de catálogo | Título | Artista |
|---|---|---|
| Chess CH-50001 | Another Dimension | Bo Diddley |
| Chess CH-50002 | Message to the Young | Howlin' Wolf |
| Cadet CA-50004 | Freedom Means | The Dells |
| Cadet CH-50005 | Great Female Soul Vocalists | Varios artistas |
| Cadet Concept CC-50006 | Hey Love | The New Rotary Connection |
| Cadet CA-50007 | Occasional Rain | Terry Callier |
| Chess CH-50008 | San Francisco Dues | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-50009 | Mystical Lady | Shirley Scott |
| Cadet Concept CC-50010 | Oh What a Lovely War | Colonel Bagshot |
| Cadet CA-50011 | Swahili Strut | Bobby Bryant Sextet |
| Chess CH-50012 | Live at Mr. Kelly's | Muddy Waters |
| Chess CH-50013 | Greatest Hits | Little Milton |
| Chess CH-50014 | Power and Light | Power & Light |
| Chess CH-50015 | Live and Cookin' | Howlin' Wolf |
| Chess CH-50016 | Where it All Began | Bo Diddley |
| Cadet CA-50017 | The Dells Sing Dionne Warwick's Greatest Hits | The Dells |
| Chess CH-50018 | Basic Soul | Koko Taylor |
| Cadet CA-50019 | What Color Is Love | Terry Callier |
| Cadet CA-50020 | The Groover | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet CA-50021 | Sweet as Funk Can Be | The Dells |
| Cadet 2CA-50022 | The Best of the Soulful Strings | The Soulful Strings |
| Chess CH-50023 | Can't Get No Grindin' | Muddy Waters |
| Cadet CA-50024 | Check This Out | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet CA-50025 | Lean on Me | Shirley Scott |
| Cadet CA-50026 | Mr. Bojangles | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess 2CH-50027 | This Is My Story | Sonny Boy Williamson II |
| Chess CH-50029 | The London Bo Diddley Sessions | Bo Diddley |
| Chess 2CH-50030 | The Golden Age of Rhythm and Blues | Varios artistas |
| Chess CH-50031 | Love More Than Pride | Laura Lee |
| Chess CH-50032 | Ghettos of the Mind | Bama the Village Poet |
| Chess 2CH-50033 | Fathers and Sons | Muddy Waters |
| Cadet CA-50034 | Teardrops in the Rain | Johnny Nash |
| Cadet 2CA-50035 | Inspiration | Ahmad Jamal |
| Cadet CA-50036 | Superstition | Shirley Scott |
| Cadet CA-50037 | Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation | The Dells |
| Cadet 2CA-50038 | It Was a Very Good Year | Ray Bryant |
| Cadet 2CA-50039 | I Cover the Waterfront | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess CH-50040 | Come and Get Me | Kim Tolliver |
| Cadet CA-50041 | I Just Can't Help Myself | Terry Callier |
| Chess CH-50042 | Etta James (también conocido como Only a Fool) | Etta James |
| Chess CH-50043 | Bio | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-50044 | Songs for Ageing Children | Dave Van Ronk |
| Chess CH-50045 | The Back Door Wolf | Howlin' Wolf |
| Cadet CA-50046 | The Dells | The Dells |
| Chess CH-50047 | Big Bad Bo | Bo Diddley |
| Cadet CA-50048 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Jimmy Ponder |
| Cadet CA-50049 | Atlantis | Daniel Salinas |
| Cadet CA-50051 | The Fourth Dimension | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet CA-50052 | In the Cut | Ray Bryant |
| Chess CH-50053 | You Can All Join In | The Violinaires |
| Cadet 2CA-50058 | Solid Ivory | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet CH-50059 | Cross My Heart | Billy Stewart |
| Cadet CA-50060 | Satan | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess 2CH-60000 | Laugh Time | Moms Mabley y Pigmeat Markham |
| Cadet CA-60001 | Back to the Roots | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet 2CA-60002 | Charlie Parker Memorial Concert | Varios artistas |
| Cadet 2CA-60003 | Rock Bottom | Varios artistas |
| Chess 2CH-60004 | Peaches | Etta James |
| Chess 2CH-60005 | Got My Own Bag of Tricks | Bo Diddley |
| Chess 2CH-60006 | McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters | Muddy Waters |
| Cadet 2CA-60007 | Ha' Mercy | Lou Donaldson |
| Chess CH-60008 | The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions | Howlin' Wolf |
| Chess 2CH-60009 | Moms and Pigmeat | Moms Mabley y Pigmeat Markham |
| Cadet 2CA-60010 | Everything 'Bout Sax and Flute | James Moody |
| Chess 2CH-60011 | Mad Man's Blues | John Lee Hooker |
| Chess 2CH-60012 | Chicago Blues Anthology | Varios artistas |
| Chess CH-60013 | The London Muddy Waters Sessions | Muddy Waters |
| Chess 2CH-60014 | Boss Blues Harmonica | Little Walter |
| Chess 2CH-60015 | Blues Avalanche (Recorded Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival) | Varios artistas |
| Chess 2CH-60016 | Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf | Howlin' Wolf |
| Cadet 2CA-60017 | The Heatin' System | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet 2CA-60018 | Inside | Ramsey Lewis |
| Cadet 2CA-60019 | Cool Cookin' | Kenny Burrell |
| Chess CH-60020 | The London Chuck Berry Sessions | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-60021 | 12 X 6 The Hard Way | Varios artistas |
| Cadet CA-60022 | 12 X 6 The Easy Way | Varios artistas |
| Chess 2CH-60023 | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Volume 2 | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-60024 | 12 X 6 Volume 3 | Varios artistas |
| Cadet CA-60025 | 12 X 6 Volume 4 | Varios artistas |
| Chess 2CH-60026 | London Revisited | Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters |
| Cadet CA-60027 | The Dells vs. The Dramatics | The Dells / The Dramatics |
| Chess 2CH-60028 | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Volume 3 | Chuck Berry |
| Chess CH-60029 | Come a Little Closer | Etta James |
| Cadet CA-60030 | The Mighty, Mighty Dells | The Dells |
| Chess CH-60031 | "Unk" in Funk | Muddy Waters |
| Chess CH-60032 | Chuck Berry | Chuck Berry |
| Cadet CA-60033 | Got to Get Your Own | Reuben Wilson |
| Chess CH-60034 | American Gypsy | American Gypsy |
| Chess CH-60035 | The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album | Muddy Waters |
| Chess CH-60036 | The Dells Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | The Dells |
| Chess CH-60037 | Black Caucus Concert | Varios artistas |
| Cadet 2CA-60038 | Early Visions | Gene Ammons |
| Cadet CA-60039 | Magnetic Feel | Jack McDuff |
| Cadet CA-60040 | Never Can Say Goodbye | Sonny Stitt |
| Chess CH-60042 | Music to Make Love By | Solomon Burke |
| Cadet CA-60044 | We Got to Get Our Thing Together | The Dells |
Véase también
editarReferencias
editar- ↑ Pieces of Vinyl (11 de abril de 2023). A Box Set of RARE Vinyl Records - The Story of Cadet Records (YouTube). Escena en 3:08. Consultado el 26 de junio de 2026.
- ↑ Billboard. 9 de octubre de 1965. Consultado el 22 de julio de 2013.
- ↑ Discogs.
- ↑ NerdyJazz.
- ↑ Cohodas, Nadine (2001). Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records. Macmillan. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-312-28494-7.
- ↑ Both Sides Now: Cadet Album Discography (1965-1971) consultado el 18 de septiembre de 2019
- ↑ Both Sides Now: Cadet Concept Album Discography consultado el 18 de septiembre de 2019
- ↑ Callahn, M. y Edwards, D. GRT Consolidated Chess/Cadet Album Discography (1971-1975), Both Sides Now Publications, consultado el 19 de octubre de 2012