Alfons "Fud" Candrix (July 17, 1908,

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– April 11, 1974,

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) was a Belgian

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saxophonist and violinist. Candrix got his start in his brother Jeff Candrix's orchestra, which toured western Europe and

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. He founded his own group, the Carolina Stomp Chasers, in 1929, which played in France and Italy, and soon after worked with Bernard Etté,

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, and

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. He also played and composed with

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. He continued playing throughout Belgium in the 1930s with his own ensemble and recorded under his own name into the 1950s, in addition to playing as a sideman with Aimé Barelli, Django Reinhardt, and

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References

*Robert Pernet, "Fud Candrix". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition. {{DEFAULTSORT:Candrix, Fud Belgian jazz saxophonists Belgian jazz bandleaders 1908 births 1974 deaths 20th-century saxophonists