- John Handy
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Origin = Dallas,Texas
Genre =Jazz
Years_active = 1953–present
Label =Roulette Records Columbia Records Impulse! Records Warner Bros. Records Milestone Records American Music Records Harbor Records Koch International Records Boulevard Records
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Notable_instruments =John Richard Handy III (born
February 3 ,1933 in Dallas,Texas ) is an Americanjazz alto saxophonist. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=JOHN|HANDY&sql=11:aiftxqt5ldse~T1 Allmusic biography] ]Biography
Handy appeared on four
Charles Mingus studio albums recorded in 1959:
* "Mingus in Wonderland "
* "Blues & Roots "
* "Mingus Ah Um "
* "Mingus Dynasty "He also made guest appearances on several later Mingus albums.
In the 1960s, Handy led several groups. The most famous was a quintet with members:
* Michael White violin
*Jerry Hahn - guitar
* Don Thompson – bass
*Terry Clarke - drumsThis group's performance at the 1965
Monterey Jazz Festival was recorded and released as an album; Handy received Grammy nominations for "Spanish Lady" (jazz performance) and "If Only We Knew" (jazz composition).Handy has also taught music history and performance at
San Francisco State University ;Stanford University ; TheUniversity of California, Berkeley ; theSan Francisco Conservatory of Music ; and other schools.Handy's son,
Craig Handy , is also a noted jazz saxophonist.Discography
* "In the Vernacular" (
Roulette Records , 1959)
* "No Coast Jazz" (Roulette Records , 1960)
* "Jazz" (Roulette Records , 1962)
* "Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival" (Columbia Records , 1965)
* "The 2nd John Handy Album" (Columbia Records , 1966)
* "Quote Unquote" (Roulette Records , 1967)
* "New View" (Columbia Records , 1967)
* "Projections" (Columbia Records , 1968)
* "Two Originals: Karuna Supreme/Rainbow" [withAli Akbar Khan ] (MPS, 1975)
* "Hard Work" (Impulse! Records , 1976)
* "Carnival" (Columbia Records , 1977)
* "Where Go the Boats" (Warner Bros. Records , 1978)
* "Handy Dandy Man" (Warner Bros. Records , 1978)
* "Excursion in Blue" (Harbor Records , 1988)
* "Centerpiece" [with CLASS] (Milestone Records , 1989)
* "Very First Recordings" (American Music Records , 1994)
* "Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival" (Koch International Records , 1996)
* "Live at Yoshi's Nightspot" (Boulevard Records , 1996)
* "John Handy's Musical Dreamland" (Boulevard Records , 1996)References
External links
* [http://www.johnhandy.com/enter/ Official website]
* [http://www.pbs.org/kqed/fillmore/learning/people/handy.html John Handy talks about the Fillmore neighborhood and Bop City (1999)]
* [http://www.jazzweekly.com/interviews/handy.htm Jazz Weekly interview with Handy]
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