NoMad Jazz Festival: Live Jazz in the NoMad Piazza
8/6
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
NoMad Piazza
25th Street & Broadway
Enjoy live jazz in the NoMad Piazza featuring Craig Handy and Second Line Smith on Wednesday, August 6th from 12-1:30 PM.
Presented by The NoMad Alliance
About Craig Handy
Born in Oakland, CA, as a music-hungry youngster, Craig Handy experimented on guitar, trombone, and piano before settling on his first true love, the saxophone. At the age of 11 while listening to the radio, Handy fell under the spell of the transcendent saxophone playing of jazz legend Dexter Gordon. Berkeley High School’s (CA) reputable Jazz Program soon beckoned, and Handy joined the ranks of graduating stellar saxophone talent including David Murray, Peter Apfelbaum, and Joshua Redman, to name a few. He attended North Texas State University and won the coveted Charlie Parker Scholarship which enabled his early college experience as a psychology major and frontrunner in the school’s exceptional One O’ Clock Jazz Ensemble.
His distinctive sound and authentic instrumental prowess were redoubtable traits immediately noticed by artists of stature, especially those committed to nurturing new talent on the bandstand and road. Handy moved to New York in 1986 and began several associations with formidable artists including master drummers Art Blakey and Roy Haynes, South African melodist Abdullah Ibrahim, and the Mingus Dynasty Band.
About The NoMad Alliance
The NoMad Alliance is a not-for-profit organization committed to building an ever-better, sustainable community and growing local businesses in the NoMad neighborhood.
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