Captain John Handy
{{short description|American jazz alto saxophonist (1900–1971)}}
Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900 – January 12, 1971),{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=187}} was an American jazz alto saxophonist, who was part of the New Orleans jazz revival.
Career
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Handy was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, United States. He played clarinet in New Orleans bands in the 1920s, and led the Louisiana Shakers.{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title="Captain" John Handy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/captain-john-handy-mn0000588476/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 11, 2020}} He switched to alto saxophone in 1928. During the 1960s, he played with Kid Sheik Cola and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and recorded for GHB, RCA, and Jazz Crusade.
Handy was interviewed several times for the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University, New Orleans, including December 4, 1958 by Richard Allen; December 15, 1958; and November 21, 1963.
Handy died in New York in January 1971, at the age of 70.{{Cite web|url=https://wbssmedia.com/artists/detail/1394|title=WBSS Media-Capt. John Handy|website=Wbssmedia.com|access-date=July 27, 2021}}
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Category:Jazz musicians from Mississippi
Category:People from Pass Christian, Mississippi
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:20th-century American saxophonists
Category:American jazz saxophonists