Oct 28, 2009 | Inside Bay Area
S.F. Jazz Festival honors East Bay saxophonist John Handy
John Handy's world is in boxes. There are dozens of them, containing a lifetime's worth of possessions and memories, and they combine to form a maze throughout his two-story house in the Oakland hills.
Harpist a Reyes of sunshine at Yoshi's
Carlos Reyes is a big man with a big heart and, as some of the music industry's biggest names would attest, a big, big talent.
Music Industry: Terry Clarke Signs with Blue Music Group
Grammy nominated and Juno Award winning drummer Terry Clarke signed with Blue Music Group for his release It's About Time featuring Joe Lovano , Jim Hall , Greg Osby , Phil Dwyer and Don Thompson .
Essential Bay Area jazz albums: John Handy
If you only know alto saxophonist John Handy as a sideman, you don't really know John Handy.
E ven if John Handy had quit playing immediately following his 1959 solo on "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," from the celebrated Charles Mingus masterpiece Mingus Ah Um , his stature in jazz would have been cemented.
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