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Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900 – January 12, 1971), was an American
Handy was born in
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
alto saxophonist, who was part of the New Orleans jazz revival.
Career
Handy was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi
Pass Christian (), nicknamed The Pass, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,307 at the 2019 census.
History
Pre-European history
...
, United States. He played clarinet in New Orleans bands in the 1920s, and led the Louisiana Shakers. He switched to alto saxophone in 1928. During the 1960s, he played with Kid Sheik Cola and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a New Orleans jazz band founded in New Orleans by tuba player Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s. The band derives its name from Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. In 2005, the Hall's doors were closed for a p ...
and recorded for GHB
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, RCA
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, and Jazz Crusade.
Handy was interviewed several times for the Hogan Jazz Archive
The Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, and is one of the special collections of the Tulane University library. The archive specializes in Dixieland Jazz, gospel, blues, rhyt ...
at Tulane University
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, New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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, including December 4, 1958 by Richard Allen; December 15, 1958; and November 21, 1963.
Handy died in Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...
New York
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in January 1971, at the age of 70.
See also
*Lionel Ferbos
Lionel Charles Ferbos (July 17, 1911 – July 19, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was from New Orleans, Louisiana.
At 103, Ferbos was the oldest jazz musician in New Orleans. A native New Orleanian whose career centered almost exclusive ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Handy, Captain John 1900 births 1971 deaths Jazz musicians from Mississippi People from Pass Christian, Mississippi 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American saxophonists American jazz saxophonists American male jazz musicians American male saxophonists