Otis "Candy" Finch, Jr. was an American jazz drummer.

He played and recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Shirley Scott, Milt Jackson, and Dizzy Gillespie (1966-9).

Otis Finch

Finch also recorded with Gene Ammons, Billy Mitchell, and Al Grey.

Otis Finch

Discography

With Al Grey

Night Song (Argo, 1962) Having a Ball (Argo, 1963)

Otis Finch

With Milt Jackson

Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (Limelight, 1965) Born Free (Limelight, 1966)

With Billy Mitchell

This Is Billy Mitchell (1962, Smash)

With Big John Patton

Let 'Em Roll (Blue Note, 1956 [1966])

With Shirley Scott

Hip Twist (Prestige, 1962) Blue Flames (Prestige, 1964) - with Stanley Turrentine Great Scott!! (Impulse, 1964) Travelin' Light (Prestige, 1964) - with Kenny Burrell

With Stanley Turrentine

That's Where It's At (Blue Note, 1962) Let It Go (Impulse 1964-66 [1967]) Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1964 [1965]) In Memory Of (Blue Note, 1964 [1979])

With Dizzy Gillespie

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Impulse!, 1967) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (MPS, 1968) The Real Thing (Perception, 1969)

References

Footnotes

1933 births

1982 deaths

American jazz drummers

20th-century American drummers

American male drummers

20th-century American male musicians

American male jazz musicians