Beginning his musical career at age fifteen, saxophonist John Handy played many styles of music during his long and prolific career. He got a degree in music from San Francisco State University and has been a music educator since 1968, teaching histo… Read more
Beginning his musical career at age fifteen, saxophonist John Handy played many styles of music during his long and prolific career. He got a degree in music from San Francisco State University and has been a music educator since 1968, teaching history and performance at a number of colleges and universities. Handy has also been in a succession of groups. The most successful featured Jerry Hahn and violinist Michael White. With this group, Handy was the sensation of the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival and recorded several best-selling albums. Handy was honored with the Bill Graham Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
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