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John Handy
John Handy is credited on 712 releases across 105 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
712
Pressings credited
105
Albums
8
Decades active
192
In collections
Biography
Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900 – January 12, 1971), was an American jazz alto saxophonist, who was part of the New Orleans jazz revival.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
712 releases · 105 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 1,112
- Other credits · 33
Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Nonagon Art Gallery · Monterey Jazz Festival · The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mingus Ah Um
1959
Blues & Roots
1960
Mingus At Carnegie Hall
Mingus At Monterey
1965
Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop
1992
Hard Work
1976
Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival
1966
Better Git It In Your Soul
1971
Jazz Portraits
1959
The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra
1962
Mingus Dynasty
1960
Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
1982
Nostalgia In Times Square / The Immortal 1959 Sessions
1979
Carnival
1977
Projections
1968
New View!
1967
Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961
1997
Anthems Volume 1
1987
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 6
1980
Handy Dandy Man
1978
Karuna Supreme
1976
The Art Of Charles Mingus (The Atlantic Years)
1973
Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop
1966
The 2nd John Handy Album
1966
Frequent collaborators
- Charles Mingus
- Various
- Charlie Mingus
- John Handy III
- Ahmad Jamal
- Sarah Vaughan
- Cool Note
- Gato Barbieri
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