John Handy - Jazz
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John Handy
Have you ever heard of John Handy? Probably not around here, but he
is a well known person in San Francisco. Handy has done such things as
taught jazz, played straight-ahead bebop, and led bands.
John Handy was born in 1933 in Dallas, Texas. Not much is known
about his childhood, until he moved to Oakland, California in 1948. After that
he enrolled in San Francisco State College in 1952. Soon after being in
college, he had to serve in the army from 1953 to 1955. Following the army,
Handy moved to New York in 1958. Not knowing while going gig-hunting,
John ran into the great bassist, Charles Mingus. Charles asked, "Hey, baby,
you workin'?" Handy confessed that he didn't, and got a job with Mingus.
Handy was on a lot of records with Mingus over the next year.
When John...