Altoist John Handy's 1967 quintet included vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, the up and coming guitarist Pat Martino, bassist Albert Stinson and drummer Doug Sides. They really stretch out on three pieces (John Coltrane's "Naima" and an original), and New View is highlighted by Handy's emotional and episodic "Tears of Ole Miss (Anatomy of a Riot)", which clocks in at 23:45. The inside/outside music is quite picturesque, emotional, and ultimately logical. It is a pity that John Handy did not make more of an impact on the mainstream of jazz, but his three Columbia studio albums still sound fresh decades later. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Inspired by the Hutcherson posts at OIR, I rummaged through my collection and found this gem! As usual, Yanow is right on the money. "Tears of Ole Miss" is indeed a deeply moving piece of music.
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I have this disk in the loft somewhere. It's so long since I heard it, listening again is like an all new experience. Many thanks for the inspired post. Handy is certainly a long-neglected artist.
I acquired a new turntable after years of being restricted to tapes and CD's etc. This meant a trip up to the attic to dig out some old vinyl. One that made it's way to the turntable as a matter of priority was 'New View!' by the John Handy Quintet. Handy's beautiful, soaring lyricism stll has the power to move after all these years (it was published in 1967.)
Alas my 'New View!' LP is a bit crackly, so I thought I'd go on line to see if I could acquire an up to date CD version, when I stmbled across the possibility of popsting a comment.
December 13, 2007 5:00PM
Cool! Thanks, it's great!
Damn I have not seen or thought of this since the mid seventies and I never had my own copy whoo hoo
Thanks, I collect Albert Stinson.
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