American jazz tenor saxophonist
Musical artist
Craig Mitchell Handy (born September 25, 1962)[ 1] [ 2]
Born in Oakland, California , he attended North Texas State University from 1981 to 1984, and following this played with Art Blakey , Wynton Marsalis , Roy Haynes , Abdullah Ibrahim , Elvin Jones , Joe Henderson , Betty Carter , George Adams , Ray Drummond , Conrad Herwig , Dee Dee Bridgewater , and David Weiss among many others. He is a member of the Mingus Big Band , Mingus Dynasty , and Mingus Orchestra.
Handy plays the role of Coleman Hawkins in the 1996 film Kansas City Cosby Show
Discography
As leader
As sideman
With Cecil Brooks III
With George Cables
With Betty Carter
With The Cookers
With Ray Drummond
With Joe Henderson
With Freddie Hubbard
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Abdullah Ibrahim
With Charles Mingus
With Ralph Peterson
With John Scofield
With Charles Sullivan
With Charles Tolliver
With Jack Walrath
References
Further reading
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Ninth edition, edited by Laura Diane Kuhn (born 1953), Schirmer Books , New York (2001), ISBN 978-0028655253 The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second edition, Three volumes, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), Macmillan Publishers , London (2002), ISBN 978-1561592845
External links
International National Academics Artists Other
