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Charles Mingus And His Jazz Group John Handy Quintet Brass Fever The New John Handy Quintet John Handy Quartet John Handy Concert Ensemble Bay Area All Stars

ex Charles Mingus Sextet, Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Big Band

American jazz alto saxophonist, born February 3, 1933 in Dallas, Texas USA.

Not to be confused with New Orleans musician, Cap'N John Handy, often credited as just John Handy.

ALBUMS

John Handy III*

Three Classic Albums Plus

2020, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Jazz

Hard Work / Carnival

2011, CD, Comp, RM, Impulse!,

Post Bop/Fusion/Jazz-Funk

2009, Box, Comp, Ltd + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + C, Mosaic Records (2), Mosaic Records (2),

John Handy & Ali Akbar Khan

Two Originals: Karuna Supreme & Rainbow

John Handy's Musical Dreamland

1991, CD, Album, Boulevard Records (3), Boulevard Records (3)

John Handy With Class

Excursion In Blue

1984, LP, Album, Miracle Records (2)

Ali Akbar Khan - John Handy - Dr. L. Subramaniam*

Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, John Handy

I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 6

Mingus Dynasty, Joe Farrell, Charlie Haden, John Handy, Jimmy Knepper, Jimmy Owens, Don Pullen, Dannie Richmond

Chair In The Sky

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers* Plus Sabu* / John Handy III*

Where Go The Boats

Handy Dandy Man

Carnival / Make Her Mine

1977, 7", Single, ABC Impulse!

Watch Your Money Go / Make Her Mine

John Handy / Ali Akbar Khan

John Handy III*

East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)

1969, LP, Comp, Vogue Schallplatten,

Charlie Mingus* Featuring John Handy

Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop

John Handy III*

Spanish Lady / If Only We Knew

1966, 7", Promo, Columbia,

The John Handy Quartet*

Blues For M.F. (Part 1)

1966, 7", Single, Promo, Roulette

Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival

Jazz: John Handy III

John Handy III*

Blues In The Vernacular

1960, 7", EP, Mono, Roulette

John Handy III*

John Handy III*

In The Vernacular

J. Williams* / M. Ferguson* / S. Vaughan* / J. Handy III*

4-Trk, Comp, Roulette

The John Handy Album

LP, Album, Comp, Promo, Roulette

John Handy Quintet

Live At Yoshi's Nightspot

Chair In The Sky

1975, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk

John Handy Concert Ensemble

Charles Mingus And His Jazz Group

1960, 7", EP, Mono, Philips, Philips, Philips, Philips

Charles Mingus And His Jazz Group

The Inventive Mister Mingus

7", EP, Mono, Philips

Charles Mingus And His Jazz Group

Things Ain't What They Used To Be

John Handy's Rainbow Band 1979

2018, CD, Album, RM, Unofficial, Hi Hat

At The Bottom Line

1990, CD, Album, Unofficial, ITM Records (2)

Recorded Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival

APPEARANCES +

Impulse Records (Music, Message And The Moment)

2021, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,

Timeless Classic Albums

2017, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, DOL,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Vincent Herring

2017, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records,

2016, Vinyl 180g Translucent Green,

Roots Of Funk (1947-1962)

2015, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Afro-Cuban/Bayou Funk/Boogaloo/Cha-Cha/Cubano/Descarga/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Mambo/Son/Latin Jazz/Soul

2014, CD, Album, Posi-Tone

2014, CD, Album, Jazz Village,

I Capolavori In 3 CD - Jazz

2014, 2xCD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Box, Columbia,

Bay Area All Stars / Frank Lowe, Michael Marcus & James Carter

Now's The Time / Fire On The Fifth Floor

2014, 7", Single, Not Two Records

The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65

2012, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Mono, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Hard Bop/Free Improvisation

The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection

2012, 2xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Albu, Sony Music, RCA, Columbia, Legacy,

Beat, Square & Cool

2012, 5xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Moochin' About,

Best Of Blue Note

2011, 15xCD, Album, Boo + Box, Comp, Blue Note, EMI Music Netherlands,

The 100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950's

2011, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Chrome Dreams,

Charlie Mingus*

Four Classic Albums Plus

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz, Avid Entertainment,

Original Album Series

2011, Box Set, 5x CD,

Original Album Classics

2010, 3xCD, Album, RE, RM, Car + Box, Comp, Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Eight Classic Albums

Bop/Post Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

Record Store Day 2009 Edition (Record Store Day April 18, 2009)

2009, LP, RSD, Comp, Promo, Columbia, Epic, Arista, Zomba, Domino,

Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Country/Rhythm & Blues/Synth-pop

1959 L'Anno Che Cambiò Il Jazz

2009, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

2008, DVD Area Code 0,

Post Bop/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Columbia Jazz Profiles

Post Bop/Hard Bop

Jazz For Meditation

Soul-Jazz/Space-Age/Free Jazz/Modal/Hard Bop/Indian Classical/Contemporary Jazz

In The Mind Of Jamie Cullum

2007, CD Digipak,

Smooth Jazz/Techno/Contemporary Jazz

Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims

The Savoy Recordings

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Brilliant Jazz

The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz

The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra

Stevie Williams Band

Sounds Of The Blue Cat

2002, CD, Album, Not On Label

All About The Benjamins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Contemporary R&B

The Very Best Of Charles Mingus: The Atlantic Years

John Mclaughlin Group, Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Robert Majewski Quintet

Best of Jazz Open 1998

The Very Best Of Smooth Jazz Vol. 2

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Jazz FM Records,

Rare Beauty - Intimate Gems Of Duke Ellington Performed By Koch Jazz Artists

2000, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Koch Jazz

Classic Jazz: Jazz Greats

Classic Jazz: Jazz Masters

Hard Bop/Bop/Swing

AJ-1 Révélation

Alternate Takes

1998, CD, Comp, Columbia Jazz, Legacy

Triumph Of The Underdog

Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was

1997, CD, Comp, Columbia,

Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961

1997, 6x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Post Bop/Interview

1996, 10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Epic,

Hard Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Contemporary Jazz/Swing

Fables Of Faubus

1996, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz,

Conversin' With The Elders

Post Bop/Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

This Is Jazz 6 - Charles Mingus

The Butterfly Mix Volume 4

1995, CD, Comp, Mixed, TBA

25. Internationales Dixieland-Festival Dresden' 95

1995, CD, Comp, Sächsische Festival Vereinigung e.V., MDR 1 Radio Sachsen

The Best Funk Album In The World...Ever

Funk/Disco/P.Funk

The Butterfly Mix - Volume 3

1994, CD, Comp, Mixed, TBA,

Feels So Good (12 Jazz Funk Classics)

1994, CD, Comp, Connoisseur Collection

1994, CD, Comp, King's Records,

Hut Ab! Hommage An Udo Lindenberg

Big Band Charlie Mingus*

Live At The Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 2

1993, CD, Album, Soul Note,

Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology

1993, 2x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Free Improvisation/Cool Jazz

The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions

Atlantic Jazz Legends: Vol. 1

Contemporary Jazz

Chicago Revisited / Live At Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase

Pašije Člověka

1989, LP, Comp, Atlantic, Supraphon, Supraphon,

Big Band Charlie Mingus*

Live At The Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Paris Vol. 1

Charlie Mingus* / Thelonious Monk

Big Band/Post Bop

Dance Floor Disaster

1988, LP, Comp, Mono, Kent Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Joachim-Ernst Berendt*

Vom Hören Der Welt (Das Ohr Ist Der Weg)

1988, 4x CD, Box Set,

Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife

Anthems Volume 1

Boogie Stop Shuffle

1986, 12", Maxi, CBS/Sony

LRC Jazz Classics

1985, Cass, Comp, LRC Jazz Classics

Charlie Mingus*

Cap'N John Handy With The Claude Hopkins Band

Introducing Cap'N John Handy

Bebop And Beyond*

Bebop And Beyond

1984, LP, Album, Concord Jazz,

The Best Of I ♥ Jazz

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Vocal

1983, 3xLP, Comp, Fantasy

Davis*, Mingus*, Monk*

Great Jazz Inventors

1983, 4x Vinyl,

The Dance Decade 1973-1983

1983, 9x Cassette, Box Set,

Soul/Funk/Disco

Different Danceable Disco

1982, LP, Comp, Ariola,

Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers

Hot Rize Presents Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers

1982, LP, Album, Flying Fish (2),

Country/Bluegrass

Smooth Jazz/Easy Listening

Don Thompson (2), Ed Bickert

Dance To The Lady

1980, LP, Album, Sackville Recordings,

Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus*, Dizzy Gillespie

I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 2

Fusion/Hindustani/Folk/Indian Classical

Nostalgia In Times Square / The Immortal 1959 Sessions

1979, 2x Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing, Gatefold,

Passions Of A Man: An Anthology Of His Atlantic Recordings

Famous Alto-Saxophones In Jazz

Nil's Jazz Ensemble

1976, 7", Single, Mag

The US Army Reserve* Presents Al Gee

Rap N' Rhythm (Programs #285 - 288)

1976, 2xLP, Transcription, Army Reserve,

Interview/Dialogue/Radioplay/Soul

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* / John Handy Quartet

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Hard Bop

Bossanova/Latin Jazz

Nil's Jazz Ensemble

Nil's Jazz Ensemble

The John Handy III Quintet* / Quartet*

In The Vernacular

The Ronnie Scott Trio

Scott At Ronnie's

1974, LP, RCA Victor

Mingus At Carnegie Hall

12th Annual Reno Jazz Festival

1973, 2xLP, Album, Century Records (4)

The Jazz Years 25th Anniversary

1973, 2x Vinyl,

The Art Of Charles Mingus (The Atlantic Years)

John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing 30th Anniversary Concert (1967)

Big Band/Free Jazz/Swing

The Great Jazz Reunion

Better Git It In Your Soul

Dance With Chris Barber

The Best Of Charles Mingus

The John Handy Quartet*

The Ron Johnson Trio

The Ron Johnson Trio

1968, LP, Album, CBC Radio Canada

The New John Handy Quintet With Bobby Hutcherson

Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop

The John Handy Quintet*

The 2nd John Handy Album

Soul-Jazz/Post Bop

Mingus At Monterey

Hard Bop/Post Bop

The Most - Volume 4

Charlie Mingus*

1960, 7", EP, Atlantic

Jazz Poll Winners

Charlie Mingus*

Post Bop/Big Band

The Winners! - Down Beat International Critics Poll 1960

1959, 7", EP, Columbia

Jazz Gallery: Charles Mingus

Magyar Rádió És Televízió Tánczenekara, Kovács Andor És Gitáregyüttese

I've got rhythm

1957, 7", Single, Mono, Spl, Qualiton

Chick Corea - Dave Holland - Hubert Laws - Woody Shaw - Gato Barbieri / Don Cherry - Albert Ayler - John Handy Quintet - And Many Others*

2xLP, Comp, Curcio

2xLP, Album, Comp, Mono, Curcio,

5xLP, Alt + Box, Comp, GJ-, Curcio,

Bop/Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz/Easy Listening

New Orleans Rarities Vol. 2

2xLP, Album, Comp, W/Lbl, Rarities (2),

Джаз-оркестр «Шарпс Энд Флэтс»*

Джаз-оркестр «Шарпс Энд Флэтс»

Diamond* And The Psychotic Neurotics

Stunts, Blunts, & Hip Hop

Impulse Records (Music, Message And The Moment)

Wag (Iconic Tunes From The Wag Club 1983-1987)

2016, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Harmless

DJ LEX (8) a.k.a. Digno Saurus*

Straight From D.L.I.P.

2011, CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo, DLIP Records,

Jazz Number 1's

2007, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records,

Jazz - Number 1's

2007, CD, Comp, RM, Universal,

Pozytywne Wibracje Classics

2006, CD, Comp, Universal Music Polska, STX Records (2),

Smooth Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Funk/Jazzdance

Always Living Never Dying

2005, CD, Mixed, Promo, Rockwell Product Shop,

When I Snapped @ Blue Basement

2004, CDr, Mixed, Sound Signature

More Platinum Disco

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Warner Strategic Marketing Australia,

All About The Benjamins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Aci Klassik & DJ Peter Bond

Harlem City Beats Vol. 2 - Porno Funk

2001, Cass, Mixed, Promo, Harlem City Records

Easy Vibes Volume 2

2001, CD, Comp, Feelgood Experience

Planet Karma - La musica del mondo che muove l'anima

1999, CD, Comp, Verve Records,

New Old Rythm'n'Blues

1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Stereo & Video, In-Akustik,

12" Jazz Funk Classics

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Sequel Records,

Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Soul/Funk/Disco

The Very Best Of Jazz Club

The ABC's Of Soul Volume 3 Classics From The ABC Records Catalog 1975-1979

1996, CD, Comp, Hip-O Records

The Best Of Dance Classics - Hits & Rarities

Soulful Grooves - R&B Instrumental Classics Volume 1

Rhythm & Blues/Latin Jazz/Soul-Jazz

A Taste Of Boulevard

1995, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Boulevard Records (3)

The Music Of Texas Honed On The Range: Proudly Presented By TexasMonthly

1994, CD, MCA Special Markets & Products

Mancha Show Melody

The Bainbridge Catalogue

1990, CD, Smplr, Bainbridge Records,

Jazz Dance 5 (Impulsive!)

1988, LP, Comp, Affinity,

Anthems Volume 1

Breaks/Disco/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Soul

The Dance Decade 1973-1983

1983, 14x Vinyl, Box Set,

Soul/Funk/Disco

The World of Jazz Giants

1981, 2xLP, Album, Comp, Mono, Liberty,

I Giganti Del Jazz Complete Edition

1980, 100xLP, Comp, Box, I Giganti Del Jazz,

Famous Alto-Saxophones In Jazz

1980, LP, Comp, RP, Rus, Балкантон

The Rocking Sounds Of R & B (Vol.I)

1979, LP, Comp, Columbia Special Products

Collectus Interruptus

1978, 2x Vinyl KM Pressing,

Country Rock/Pop Rock/Blues Rock/Punk/Soul/Disco/Jazz-Funk/Heavy Metal/Acoustic/Jazz-Rock/Funk

Silver Burdett's Pipeline Volume 5 Number 5

1977, 7", EP, Silver Burdett's Pipeline, Silver Burdett's Pipeline,

Joachim-Ernst Berendt*

1977, 2x Vinyl,

Radioplay/Education/Spoken Word

Famous Pop, Jazz And Folk Violin Solos

1971, LP, Comp, CBS

L'epopee Du Birdland Vol.4 - L'alto Sax

1970, LP, Comp, Roulette, Disques Vogue,

Fill Your Head With Jazz

Jazz On The Potomac (13 Fifteen Minute Shows) Volume VI

1967, 7xLP, Transcription + LP, S/Sided, Etch, Transcrip, United States Marine Corps,

Bop/Vocal/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Public Service Announcement

Voices Of Vista Show No. 72 & 73

1967, LP, Comp, Vista (4)

20 x Disco Power Vol.2

LP, Comp, Ariola,

The Sound Of Jazz!

2xCD, Comp, Universal Music Group, Impulse!,

L'epopee Du Birdland - Vol. 5

LP, Disques Vogue, Roulette

CD, Mixed, Think Big Inc,

Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Esperanza Spalding, Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman, Bobby Hutcherson

SFJazz Center Grand Opening Concert From Radio

2013, 2xCDr, RM, Unofficial, Headless Hawk

House/Downtempo/Disco

1998, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Diggin Breaks Records,

Soul/Funk/Disco

1994, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label

LP, Comp, Unofficial, Red, Not On Label

Raridades Baile Black

LP, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label

Cass, Album, Comp, Unofficial, Specialist Recording (2),

Best Of Jazz Open 1998 / Famous Jazz Duets

DVD-V, Album, Unofficial, PAL, 2 In 1 Full Version

LP, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label,

Grand Funk Railroad / Brotherhood Of Man / John Handy

Can You Do It / 1976 / Kiss Me, Kiss Your Baby / Young Enough To Dream

7", EP, Unofficial, Express Songs

Olivia Newton-John / Tanya Tucker / Tina Charles / John Handy

Don't Stop Believin' / Here's Some Love / Love Me Like A Lover / Hard Work

7", EP, Unofficial, Express Songs

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk