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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Spanish Lady
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| 2. | Blues for a High Strung Guitar
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| 3. | Body and Soul
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| 4. | Dancy, Dancy
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | If Only I Knew
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| 2. | The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
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| 3. | Spanish Lady [Remix]
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Jazz / Post-Bop, Crossover Jazz
John Handy - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Jerry Hahn Guitar
Michael White Violin
Terry Clarke Drums
After a 28-year sabbatical, the most celebrated of John Handy's quintets -- an unorthodox outfit with violin and electric guitar leads and no piano -- held a reunion at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, and the German Boulevard label got it down on two absorbing CDs. With Handy holding the fort on alto sax, Jerry Hahn on guitar, Michael White on violin, Donald W. Thompson on bass, and Terry Clarke on drums, the quintet often seems to straddle three eras at once -- with its feet in post-bop, its heart in '60s modal fire, and subliminal visions of jazz-rock in its eyes. In the spirit of the band's highly regarded excursions at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival, "Spanish Lady" burns on for a furious 19-and-a-half minutes, with the underrated Hahn in inspired form, and the modal "If Only I Knew" saunters past the 21-minute mark. "Blues for a High-Strung Guitar" has Hahn sputtering along with high-speed staccato playing, and Handy reverts to a bop style at ballad tempo on "Body and Soul," though Hahn isn't as comfortable within its confines. "Dancy, Dancy" starts as a slightly out of tune samba at first, but soon gets its bearings, and the driving, turbulent rendering of "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" is the "miniature" of the set, clocking at a mere ten-and-a-half minutes. The set also includes a gratuitous "remix" of "Spanish Lady" to fill out disc two, with extended applause and Handy's PA announcements (wasn't any more music recorded that night?). ~ Richard Ginell, All Music Guide
John Handy
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Feb 03, 1933 in Dallas, TX
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Indian Folk, Modal Music, Post-Bop, World Fusion
A talented and adventurous altoist whose career has gone through several phases, John Handy started playing alto in 1949. After moving to New York in 1958, he had a fiery period with Charles Mingus (1958-1959) that resulted in several passionate recordings that show off his originality; he also recorded several dates as a leader for Roulette. Handy led his own bands during 1959-1964, and played with Mingus at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival, but it was at the following year's festival that he was a major hit, stretching out with his quintet (which included violinist Michael White and guitarist Jerry Hahn) on two long originals. Soon, Handy was signed to Columbia, where he recorded his finest work (three excellent albums) during 1966-1968. Since that time, he has performed world music with Ali Akbar Khan, recorded the R&B hit "Hard Work" for Impulse in 1976, gigged and recorded with Mingus Dynasty, and in the late '80s led a group (called Class) featuring three female violinists who sing. John Handy (no relation to the Dixieland altoist Capt. John Handy) remains a strong soloist who can hit high notes way above his horn's normal register with ease, but he has mostly maintained a low profile, teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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