Alfons "Fud" Candrix (July 17, 1908,

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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

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, Robert De Kers,

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, and Chas Remue. He also played and composed with Gus Deloof. 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

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, and Hubert Rostaing.

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 Belgian saxophonists 20th-century Belgian violinists Belgian jazz violinists