The 2nd John Handy Album
ASIN: B000005YOZ
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The group chemistry is the main point of interest for jazz listeners.... Handy is also a master of the sax and his cohorts rate high as soloists and even higher as group players, all of which assures a deserved continued interest, and three previously unheard tracks add to that. But if one long (13:46) piece version made a record worth buying, "Scheme #1") here is surely that piece.... The group's togetherness raises this performance to a level no other third stream music ever reached.
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John Handy Quintet Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  Bebop General
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ASIN: B000005YOZ Release Date: 1997-09-16 |
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Superb cutting edge jazz.......2000-10-19
Handy, one of our finest and most underappreciated altoists, surrounded himself with musicians no less free-thinking than himself, most notably the superb guitarist Jerry Hahn and the fine violinist Michael White. The band was capable of moving effortlessly through through jazz, rock, blues and free material. Their willingness to push the boundaries of jazz is demonstrated most clearly on "Scheme #1," which concluded the original vinyl release. It is a wonderfully realized exercise in musical abstraction, but its free quality doesn't mean that it's aimless or chaotic. In fact, Handy wrote several sections for the piece. Rather, the piece moves about in ways that invite the listener to make his own connections between the statements made by each band member.
The freedom of "Scheme #1" is balanced by some serious cooking from all involved. Hahn is astonishing on "Blues for a High-Strung Guitar" and Handy's playing on "Dancy Dancy" should make everyone wonder why he has received so little recognition during the course of his career.
The best blendings of jazz talents show the listener that telepathy does indeed exist. This tightly fused band deserved many more opportunities to weave their magic.
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