Craig Handy

Craig Handy
Craig Handy at Healdsburg Jazz Festival 2007 Craig Handy at Healdsburg Jazz Festival 2007
Background information
Born	1962 (age 48–49)
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet
Labels	Arabesque, Sirocco
Associated acts	Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Orchestra, Dee Dee Bridgewater
Website	http://www.craighandy.com

Craig Mitchell Handy (born 1962) is an American post-bop tenor saxophonist.

Born in Oakland, California, Handy 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.

Discography

As leader

Title	Year of Release	Label
Split Second Timing	1991	Arabesque
Introducing Three for All + One	1993	Arabesque
Reflections in Change	1999	Sirocco
Flow	2000	Sirocco

Filmography

• Handy plays the role of Coleman Hawkins in the 1996 film Kansas City

Other media

• He is credited for performing the Cosby Show season 6 theme.

References

General citations

• Scott Yanow, Craig Handy at Allmusic
• Robert Dugan, PhD (born 20 Sep 1946), Craig Handy: The Busiest Man In Jazz, allaboutjazz.com, March 22, 2010
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Ninth edition, edited by Laura Diane Kuhn (born 1953), Schirmer Books, New York (2001)
• The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second edition, Three volumes, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950), Macmillan Publishers, London (2002)
• Official website

Inline citations

Persondata
Name	Handy, Craig
Alternative names
Short description	Post-bop jazz musician
Date of birth	1962
Place of birth	Oakland, CA
Date of death
Place of death