Beacon » Calendar » Craig Handy & Transition Quartet at The Falcon
Craig Handy & Transition Quartet at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on April 3, 2014
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sat, April 26, 2014
7:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
"Transition Quartet is a straight-ahead, burning, energetic, swinging aggregation. Reminiscent of the 60's and 70's when the organ bands of Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, John Patton, Jimmy McGriff, Brother Jack McDuff, and Shirley Scott held sway over the anointed, jazz intelligencia"
Featuring Craig Handy/Reeds, Matt Chertkoff/Guitar, Kyle Koehler/B3 Organ
and Steve Williams/Drums
From the time he arrived in New York in 1986, saxophonist Craig Handy was acknowledged as a musician with a big, burly tenor sound, sharp wit, and above all, individuality. Over the next few years he would breathe life into those accolades through a number of important associations: from Betty Carter to Herbie Hancock. ...