As a Leader:
Flow (Sirocco, 2000) Amazon
"His riverine solos tumble out with an easy, unforced feeling, even when the saxophonist is going at top speed ..." —All Music
"[Flow] features some beautiful soprano-sax solos and intense...tenor contributions...Handy's a sizable talent, both as a bandleader and improviser." —Jazz Times
Reflections in Change (Sirocco, 1999) Amazon
"...his most ambitious, most diverse, and most fully realized recorded work to date. It documents his growth as improviser, composer and 'auteur.' It establishes that he now functions on a level of creativity approached by only a few other active reed players. It is finally the record which comes close to communicating the electric experience of Craig Handy in person." —Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times, Down Beat Magazine
Introducing Three for All + One (Arabesque, 1993) iTunes Amazon
Best Albums of the Year, New York Times
"Mr. Handy is a brutally blunt tenor saxophonist, and here, backed by Ralph Peterson, a drummer who plays like a full-force gale, he puts on a powerful, assertive show." —Peter Watrous, New York Times
Split Second Timing (Arabesque, 1991) iTunes Amazon
Best Albums of the Year, New York Times
"A strong debut by a hugely talented tenor saxophonist who comes on like a 90's version of Wardell Gray, smooth, supple and relaxed." —Jon Pareles, New York Times
Selected Discography:
The Cookers, Warriors (Jazz Legacy Productions, 2010) iTunes Amazon
The John Hicks Legacy Band, Mind Wine (Savant, 2010) iTunes Amazon
Conrad Herwig, The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note Records, 2010) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Workshop, 2010) iTunes Amazon
Kirk Lightsey, Lightsey To Gladden (Criss Cross, 2009) iTunes Amazon
Towner Galaher, Courageous Hearts (Self Produced, 2008) Amazon
Charles Tolliver Big Band, With Love (Blue Note, 2007) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Live in Tokyo (Sunnyside, 2006) iTunes Amazon
David Weiss, The Mirror (Fresh Sound, 2004) iTunes Amazon
John Scofield Band, Up All Night (Verve, 2003) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Tonight at Noon (Dreyfus, 2002) iTunes Amazon
Freddie Hubbard, New Colors (Hip Bop, 2001) iTunes Amazon
David Weiss, Breathing Room (Fresh Sound, 2001) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, The Essential Mingus Big Band (Dreyfus, 2001) iTunes Amazon
New Jazz Composers Octet, Walkin' The Line (Fresh Sound, 2000) iTunes Amazon
Ray Drummond, 1-2-3-4 (Arabesque, 1999) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999) iTunes Amazon
New York Connexion, Along Came Jones (Sirocco, 1999) Amazon
Bob Belden Ensemble, La Cigale (Sunnyside, 1998) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Que Viva Mingus (Dreyfus, 1998) Amazon
Kansas City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Verve, 1996) Amazon
Charles Sullivan, Kamau (Arabesque, 1996) iTunes Amazon
The Chartbusters, Mating Call (Prestige, 1995) Amazon
The Charbusters, Charbusters! (NYC Records, 1995) Amazon
Essence All Stars, Primal Blue (Hip Bop, 1995) iTunes Amazon
Grand Central, Tenor Conclave (Evidence, 1995) Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Gunslinging Birds (Dreyfus, 1995) Amazon
Roy Haynes, Homecoming (Dreyfus, 1994) Amazon
Ray Drummond, Excursion (Arabesque, 1993) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Big Band, Nostalgia In Times Square (Dreyfus, 1993) iTunes Amazon
Cecil Brooks III, Neck Peckin' Jammie (Muse, 1993) Amazon
Giovanni Hidalgo, Worldwide (RMM, 1993) iTunes Amazon
Roy Haynes, When It's Haynes, It Roars (Dreyfus, 1992) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Dynasty, Next Generation Performs Charles Mingus Brand New Compositions (Columbia, 1991) Amazon
Stephen Scott, Something to Consider (Polygram, 1991) Amazon
Roy Haynes, The Island, (Explore, 1990) Amazon
Betty Carter, Droppin' Things (Verve, 1990) iTunes Amazon
Bob Belden Ensemble, Treasure Island (Sunnyside, 1990) iTunes Amazon
Cecil Brooks III, Hangin' with Smooth (Muse, 1990) Amazon
Abdullah Ibrahim, Mindif (Enja, 1988) iTunes Amazon
Mingus Dynasty, Mingus' Sound of Love (Soul Note, 1987) iTunes Amazon