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<p><b>Craig Handy</b> (* <a href="25._September" title="25. September">25. September</a> <a href="1962" title="1962">1962</a> in <a href="Oakland_(Kalifornien)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland (Kalifornien)">Oakland</a>, <a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>) ist ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Tenorsaxophon" title="Tenorsaxophon">Tenorsaxophonist</a> des <a href="Modern_Jazz" title="Modern Jazz">Modern Jazz</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Seine stilistische Bandbreite reicht vom <a href="Bebop" title="Bebop">Bebop</a> bis zum fortgeschrittenen <a href="Neobop" title="Neobop">Postbop</a>. Er besuchte 1981–1984 die <a href="North_Texas_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="North Texas State University">North Texas State University</a> und spielte mit <a href="Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art Blakeys</a> <a href="Jazz_Messengers" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz Messengers">Jazz Messengers</a>, <a href="Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a>, <a href="Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a> und <a href="Abdullah_Ibrahim" title="Abdullah Ibrahim">Abdullah Ibrahim</a>. Er nahm unter anderem mit <a href="Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a> und <a href="Betty_Carter" title="Betty Carter">Betty Carter</a> auf. Er war Mitglied der <a href="Mingus_Big_Band" title="Mingus Big Band">Mingus Big Band</a><sup id="cite_ref-all_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-all-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i><a href="Gunslinging_Birds" title="Gunslinging Birds">Gunslinging Birds</a></i> 1994) und der <a href="Mingus_Dynasty_(Band)" title="Mingus Dynasty (Band)">Mingus Dynasty</a>.
</p><p>Handy veröffentlichte 1991 und 1993 auf dem Arabesque-Label<sup id="cite_ref-all_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-all-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und wirkte bei <a href="Ray_Drummond" title="Ray Drummond">Ray Drummonds</a> Album <i><a href="Excursion_(Album)" title="Excursion (Album)">Excursion</a></i> mit. Seine freien Improvisationsexperimente in der klassischen Besetzung Tenorsaxophon, Kontrabass, und Schlagzeug auf der 1993er Aufnahme sind sanfter als vergleichbare von <a href="Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a> oder <a href="David_Murray_(Jazzmusiker)" title="David Murray (Jazzmusiker)">David Murray</a> und auch dank der Mitarbeit von <a href="Charles_Fambrough" title="Charles Fambrough">Charles Fambrough</a> gut strukturiert. 1995 wirkte er bei den Aufnahmen der <a href="Supergroup" title="Supergroup">Supergroup</a> Chartbusters u. a. mit <a href="Dr._Lonnie_Smith" title="Dr. Lonnie Smith">Dr. Lonnie Smith</a> (Hammond B3), <a href="Donald_Harrison" title="Donald Harrison">Donald Harrison</a> (Altsaxophon), <a href="John_Scofield" title="John Scofield">John Scofield</a> (Gitarre), <a href="Lenny_White" title="Lenny White">Lenny White</a> (Drums), <a href="Hiram_Bullock" title="Hiram Bullock">Hiram Bullock</a> (Gitarre), <a href="Randy_Brecker" title="Randy Brecker">Randy Brecker</a> (Trompete) und anderen maßgeblich mit. 1996 spielte er im Film <i><a href="Kansas_City_(Film)" title="Kansas City (Film)">Kansas City</a></i> die Rolle des Coleman Hawkins. Seit 2007 arbeitet er mit der All-Star-Formation <a href="The_Cookers" title="The Cookers">The Cookers</a>. Gegenwärtig (2019) leitet er Quintett, dem Ibanda Ruhumbika (Posaune), <a href="Matt_Chertkoff" title="Matt Chertkoff">Matt Chertkoff</a> (Gitarre), Kyle Koehler (Orgel) und <a href="Jerome_Jennings" title="Jerome Jennings">Jerome Jennings</a> (Drums) angehören, des Weiteren spielt er in den Bands von <a href="Brandi_Disterheft" title="Brandi Disterheft">Brandi Disterheft</a>, <a href="David_Weiss_(Trompeter)" title="David Weiss (Trompeter)">David Weiss</a> und Santi DeBriano.<sup id="cite_ref-smalls_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smalls-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Er ist der Sohn des Altsaxophonisten <a href="John_Handy" title="John Handy">John Handy</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Veröffentlichungen"><span id="Ver.C3.B6ffentlichungen"></span>Veröffentlichungen</h2></div>
<ul><li>Craig Handy, <i>Introducing Three For All + One</i>, Arabesque, 1993</li>
<li>Craig Handy et al., <i>Chartbusters! - Volume 1</i>, NYC Records, 1995</li>
<li>Craig Handy et al., <i>The Chartbusters - Mating Call</i>, Prestige Music, 1995</li>
<li>Craig Handy, <i>Reflections in Change</i>, Sirocco Jazz, 1999, mit <a href="Geri_Allen" title="Geri Allen">Geri Allen</a></li>
<li><i>Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith</i>, 2014</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smallslive.com/artists/503-craig-handy/">Porträt bei</a> <a href="Smalls_(Jazzclub)" title="Smalls (Jazzclub)">Smalls</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-all-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-all_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-all_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/craig-handy-mn0000780743/biography">All Music</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-smalls-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-smalls_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smallslive.com/artists/503-craig-handy/"><i>Craig Handy.</i></a> Smalls, 16. Februar 2019,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22. Februar 2019</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ACraig+Handy&rft.title=Craig+Handy&rft.description=Craig+Handy&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smallslive.com%2Fartists%2F503-craig-handy%2F&rft.publisher=Smalls&rft.date=2019-02-16&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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