Alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer was brought into the limelight by Prince, who
introduced her to the world via his video for "Partyman." Raised in a family heavily
involved in the Dutch jazz scene, Dulfer is the daughter of Hans Dulfer, a respected jazz tenor saxophonist.
Thanks to him, she listened to and studied the recordings of Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, and
Dexter Gordon. He also introduced her to the stage early in life. When she was 12, she began playing
in a band with Rosa King, an American expatriate who lived in Holland. Her career began by playing
with brass bands but soon she was fronting her own band, Funky Stuff, who were invited to backup
Madonna for part of her European tour. She began leading the band at age 15. Her appearances with
Prince led to session work with Eurythmics guitarist/producer Dave Stewart, who gave Dulfer a credit
on "Lily Was Here," which reached number six in the U.K. and number one on the Dutch radio charts in 1990.
Recording sessions for her debut album were followed by more guest star dates with Van Morrison,
Aretha Franklin, and Pink Floyd.
Her debut, Saxuality, released later in 1990 for RCA Records, was very successful in Europe and the
U.S. While it was by no means a straight-ahead jazz album, her funky alto sax stylings caught on with
fans of contemporary jazz at several recently launched "smooth jazz" radio stations around the U.S.
Saxuality was nominated for a Grammy and certified gold for sales in excess of a half-million units
worldwide. Her 1991 album Sax-a-Go-Go includes "Sunday Afternoon," a song by Prince, and
also teams her up with some of her musical mentors, the JB's and the Tower of Power horns.
Her other influences include Sonny Rollins and David Sanborn, and while Dulfer hasn't carved
the niche for herself that Sanborn has in the jazz world, she does have a great career ahead of
her as she continues to synthesize classic R&B, blues, pop, and jazz in her own unique, creative ways.
In 1999, she released What Does It Take. ~ original text by Richard Skelly, All Music Guide (Copyright)

Isn't Candy sweet?!! And she can PLAY too! She is an example of the kind of woman Prince should associate himself with more (imho). Sheila E. falls into this category as well as Rosie Gaines and other female artists who actually HAVE talent.

Candy's new album, Right In My Soul, is out now on Eagle Records! Check it out!!!

Sh etotally fits the live band from the last tour.
It is a joy to see her and Maceo fool around.

And that little turnaround incident. They way she described made me love her.
Kind of.

gooeythehamster said:

Yeah, yeah Candy...
she and Maceo are playing here in London July 16th at Shepherd's Bush Empire!!!(double bill with their own bands) It will be hard to top the Maceo show at the Barbican in February but I have to go and see them both...anyone else going???

FelixtheCat said:

Ohhh! NOT FAIIIRRR! You gotta promise to fill me in on how it was!
Have a FUNKY time, Felix! Peace.

TheJoker said:

Will do Joker, send me a org note to remind me!!!

candy mmm she can put her sax under my bed anydayyy

Finess said:

Candy Dulfer, Maceo Parker, Eric Leeds ...

Prince's horn section is usually FAR above average.

funkystuff said:

indeed.


I have only her first CD, the one with "Lily was Here." Are the subsequent ones worth getting?

ThreadBare said:

You have Saxuality. Sax-A-Go-Go is in the same vein, very Princely production. There's a Prince composition on it called Sunday Afternoon.

I love Candys playing and the way she moves when mid solo.U can really tell she's feeling it!
Got 2 meet her after the last Manchester gig in October and she signed my programme!!

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Candy is a peice of ass!