FROM YOUTUBE: This show is part II on African American Culture, featuring an interview with the Great John Handy known as a great alto saxophonist who also sings, plays tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet and oboe. This interview will examine the history and creativity of jazz, including John Handy’s eleven performances at the Monterey Jazz festival, his deep understanding of Jazz, his relationship with John Coltrane, and his work with , Dizzy Gillespie and many other Jazz greats. Jazz occupies the peak of the African American Art Form and therefore it is a mirror into the creativity of Black people

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“I think the European fears a people with a value system more than they fear a people with a fierce army”. The window and wait for spring.”

~ Dr. John Henrik Clarke