Career
He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments. In 1985 McCandless toured Europe with bassist Barre Phillips and German clarinetist Theo Jörgensmann. He has been a guest musician with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (appearing on the 2002 album Live at the Quick) and has toured with tabla artist Sandip Burman.
He also was a guest of Leftover Salmon and the String Cheese Incident multiple times in the late 1990s.
In 2014, McCandless began performing his original compositions (recorded on his solo albums) with the Bay-Area based jazz trio Charged Particles, including opening the 2015 San Luis Obispo Jazz Festival with them on the main stage.
