''Projections'' is an album by saxophonist
John Handy's Concert Ensemble featuring tracks recorded in 1968 and originally released on the
Columbia label.
John Handy discography
accessed November 10, 2015
Reception
AllMusic
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awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "The music (much more concise in general than on the previous two Columbias) contains plenty of surprises and is difficult to categorize (somewhere between the avant-garde and hard bop), although it does not reach the same heights as ''New View''".
Track listing
''All compositions by John Handy''
# "Three in One" - 4:00
# "Projections" - 3:15
# "A Song of Uranus" - 9:03
# "Senôra Nancye" - 6:30
# "Dance to the Lady" - 7:22
# "Sanpaku" - 2:27
# "Eros" - 3:53
# "All the Way to the West, By God, Virginia" - 8:08
Personnel
* John Handy - alto saxophone
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, flute
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* Michael White - violin
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*Mike Nock
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Nock was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, but spent his childhood in Ngāruawāhia. Nock began studying piano at 11. H ...
- piano
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* Bruce Cale - bass
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*Larry Hancock - drums
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References
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1968 albums
John Handy albums
Albums produced by John Hammond (producer)
Columbia Records albums