Otis Finch

Otis "Candy" Finch Jr. ( 1933 - July 13, 1982 in Seattle ) was an American jazz drummer.

Life

Otis Finch played in the 1960s in a trio and quartet with Shirley Scott and in Stanley Turrentine's band on his recordings for Blue Note , as well as with John Patton , Grant Green and Bobby Hutcherson , Billy Mitchell and trumpeter Dave Burns . With Turrentines formations there are recordings for 1962 and 1964 on the label Blue Note together with Blue Mitchell , Curtis Fuller , Herbie Hancock , the bassist Herbie Lewis and Les McCann . In 1967 he accompanied Dizzy Gillespie on his impulses! Album Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac and appeared in its “Reunion Big Band” in November 1968 at the Berlin Jazz Days . Stylistically, he is a modern swing drummer and was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

He was believed to be the son of saxophonist Otis Finch Sr. , who lived in Detroit and played with John Lee Hooker and the Boogie Ramblers.

Dizzy Gillespie "Reunion Big Band" - 20th & 30th Anniversary ( MPS , 1968)
Milt Jackson: At the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965)
John Patton: Let Them Roll ( Blue Note Records , 1965)
Shirley Scott: Legend of Acid Jazz ( Prestige Records , 1961)
Shirley Scott, Shirley Scott plays Horace Silver
Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine, Bob Cranshaw and Otis Finch Live at the Front Room in Newark , '64
Shirley Scott: Queen of the Organ ( Impulse! )
Stanley Turrentine: The Best of Stanley Turrentine - The Blue Note Years (Blue Note, 1960–1984)

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Bielefeld catalog. 1988 and 2002

personal data
SURNAME	Finch, Otis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Finch, Otis junior (full name); Finch, Candy junior (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	1933
DATE OF DEATH	July 13, 1982
Place of death	Seattle