Captain John Handy

Captain John Handy

Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900, Pass Christian, Mississippi - January 12, 1971, New York City) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Handy's style was rooted in Dixieland jazz but also incorporated elements of R&B.

Handy played clarinet in New Orleans bands from the 1920s, including in his own Louisiana Shakers. He switched to alto saxophone in 1928, and was little-known outside of Louisiana until the 1960s, when he began playing frequently with Kid Sheik Cola and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and recorded for GHB Records, RCA, and Jazz Crusade. Scott Yanow called him "one of the top New Orleans musicians of the 1960s." [Scott Yanow, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kifpxqy5ldte~T1 Captain John Handy] at Allmusic]

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