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Handy With the Horn: John Handy at 75

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2008-01-28 06:35:22 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...Handy is one of the few surviving saxophone heroes from the 1950s and 60s golden age of hardbop. A featherweight boxing champion as a teenager, Handy tested and honed his jazz skills throughout the 1950s on the San Francisco jazz scene, where he was a regular at the citys famed Bop City club. At the end of the decade he went to New York City...
 
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John Handy Talks With Night Lights: Part 4

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2008-02-05 18:31:08 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...Handy , he discusses why his quintet broke up, playing Bartok with classical pianist Leonid Hambro, a forthcoming Mosaic Records collection of previously-unreleased 1960s recordings, his experiences as a jazz educator, and his memories of Monterey and the mid-1960s rock scene. To hear some of Handys music from the 1960s, check out Handy On...
 
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Recent Listening (And Viewing): Zoot, Dog, Woman & Handy

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2008-10-08 08:05:00 by Rifftides in Rifftides
...Handy wrote for the 1956 ABC Parmount album Zoot Sims Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone . If you would like to hear all of "Blinuet" and the rest of that sterling collection, you'll find it on a CD reissue called That Old Feeling . The disc also includes the Argo quartet session called Zoot . They were recorded a month apart with the same rhythm...
 
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John Handy Talks With Night Lights: Part 2

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2008-01-31 05:41:47 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...Handy , he discusses a unique aspect of his sound, the origins of Charles Mingus Lester Young tribute Goodbye Porkpie Hat, the night Mingus made a scene listening to him play, the Mingus gig that resulted in the live album Jazz Portraits , and the frustrations he faced recording his first album for Roulette. This weeks Night Lights show,...
 
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2008 W.C. Handy Music Festival: 2ndHalf Studio-Sonicbids Showcase

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2008-03-27 23:00:00 by Editor in Sonicbids Recently Added Opportunities
...Handy Music Festival: 2ndHalf Studio-Sonicbids Showcase Deadline: Jun 15, 2008 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The W.C. Handy Music Festival is a week-long celebration of great music, that honors the memory of the "Father of the Blues," W.C. Handy. The festival has been named a "Must See" event on the Year of Arts Destination Roster for 2007 and was...
 
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John Handy Talks With Night Lights: Part 1

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2008-01-30 06:15:53 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...Handy has made monumental jazz records with bassist Charles Mingus, wowed crowds at the Monterey Jazz Festival, delved into world and classical music, had a chart hit with the 1976 single Hard Work, and helped pave the way for the rise of jazz education. On February 3 he turns 75, and this week on Night Lights well be featuring his 1960s...
 
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Review: Zoom H2 Handy Recorder

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2008-07-10 14:39:09 by ronnie in rekkerd.org
...Handy Recorder - my impressions (by Echo Voodoo As a musical hobbiest and home recordist, I had been looking for a portable, easy-to-use, high-quality recorder for quite a while. I had been using a Sony Hi-MD minidisc recorder with an external microphone for about a year, but wasnt entirely happy with either the sound quality or the...
 
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John Handy Talks With Night Lights: Part 3

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2008-02-03 03:01:09 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
...Handy , he discusses his troubled relationship with his first record label, his recording of Alice in Wonderland with Charles Mingus, why trumpeter Richard Williams didnt appear on his second album, his move back to California in the early 1960s, his Freedom Band civil-rights project, and the formation of his quintet that would appear at...
 
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Alvino Rey Plays "Stocking Horse" by George Handy

2008-03-10 15:35:22 by musikfriend of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...Handy whose star burned bright for only a few years before burning out just as quickly. The story behind this odd little piece with the odd little title is one of a colt born into a shimmering, cloudy world that he cant quite figure out. Hes a special colt because he has a silver stocking on one leg and he has a musical theme throughout the...
 
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