Craig Huxley

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Craig Huxley

Craig Huxley (also known as Craig Hundley; born 1954[1]) is an actor, inventor, and musician. He led three albums that were released by Pacific Jazz Records in the late 1960s.

In 1967, he portrayed Captain Kirk's nephew in the

Operation Annihilate!".[1][2] The following year, he played a different role in the episode "And the Children Shall Lead".[2][3] As a child, he also acted on television in Kung Fu, The Flying Nun, and Bewitched.[1]

His first album, Arrival of a Young Giant, was a trio album by Hundley (piano), Jay Jay Wiggins (bass), and Gary Chase (drums) that was released in 1968.[4] Craig Hundley Plays with the Big Boys, from the following year, had a big band added to the trio.[5] The 1969 release, Rhapsody in Blue, also featured a big band, and included Ed Thigpen on drums.[6]

Huxley invented a musical instrument – an aluminum refinement of the blaster beam – in the 1970s.[7] His design was patented in 1984.[8] The instrument was used in the soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture,[7] and Huxley played it for the soundtrack to 10 Cloverfield Lane.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Feather, Leonard (April 2, 1989). "The Great New Age of Craig Huxley". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b DeCandido, Keith R.A.(June 3, 2016). "Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: "And the Children Shall Lead"". Tor.com. Retrieved March 4, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Where Are They Now? - Mark Robert Brown". StarTrek.com. September 9, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "WPS-21880 Craig Hundley Trio – Arrival of a Young Giant". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "WPS-21896 Craig Hundley Plays with the Big Boys". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "WPS-21900 Craig Hundley – Rhapsody in Blue". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Kale, Sirin (February 13, 2017). "In Search of the Orgasm Note, the Mythic Note That Makes Women Come". vice.com. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Beam and cylinder sound instrument". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. June 1998. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  9. ^ Truitt, Brian (May 29, 2016). "'10 Cloverfield Lane' composer gets crash course in Blaster Beam". USA Today. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

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