"What distingues Handy’s work is that, unlike dozen of his contemporaries he wastes no notes. He reveals in every solo an elegantly intelligent structure. And Handy always finds lyricism in the eye of a hurricane.”
—Thomas Conrad, CD Review
"Craig has one of those wonderful, good tenor sax sounds that's been missing. He's a lyricist; he can play pretty, but he can also fire it up."
—Betty Carter