Craig Cellphone
Craig Handy (* 25. September 1962 in Oakland , California ) is an American tenor saxophonist of the modern jazz .
Live and act
His stylistic spectrum ranges from bebop to advanced postbop . He attended North Texas State University from 1981–1984 and played with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers , Wynton Marsalis , Roy Haynes and Abdullah Ibrahim . He recorded with Elvin Jones and Betty Carter , among others . He was a member of the Mingus Big Band ( Gunslinging Birds 1994) and the Mingus Dynasty .
Handy released on the Arabesque label in 1991 and 1993. His free improvisation experiments in the classical line-up of tenor saxophone, double bass and drums on the 1993 recording are gentler than comparable ones by Joe Henderson or David Murray and, thanks to the collaboration of Charles Fambrough, well structured. In 1996 he played the role of Coleman Hawkins in the film Kansas City . Since 2007 he has been working with the all-star formation The Cookers . Currently (2019) he leads the quintet, which includes Ibanda Ruhumbika (trombone), Matt Chertkoff (guitar), Kyle Koehler (organ) and Jerome Jennings (drums), and he also plays in the bands of Brandi Disterheft , David Weiss and Santi DeBriano .
He is the son of alto saxophonist John Handy . |
Publications
- Craig Handy, Introducing Three For All + One , Arabesque, 1993
- Craig Handy, Reflections in Change , Sirocco Jazz, 1999, with Geri Allen
- Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith , 2014
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b All Music
- ↑ Craig Handy. Smalls, February 16, 2019, accessed February 22, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cell phone, Craig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakland , California, USA |