The Party (1960 - Renowned Jazz Musicians)

The Party
Glen Cove, NY 1960

This took place in two backyards - ours and our next door neighbors' - who was George Barnes (guitarist) & his family. My dad, Arnold Fishkind (bassist) knew a whole lot of musicians, as one might guess. Jack Lesberg (bassist) lived in our neighborhood and was also there. Others attending were Johnny Cresci (drummer), Mark Hyams (pianist) and his wife L'Ana Hyams (Saxophone), Joe Muro (guitarist) and his wife Dottie, and a whole bunch of musicians I did not have the pleasure of knowing. The high degree of talent there was truly amazing.

I believe Mark Hyams was behind the movie-8 camera. More names and details will be added as musicians are identified. This is currently a challenge, as most folks I tried to contact have passed away in recent years. But some are still around and I'm looking forward to their consultation.

Since the original post, these musicians have been identified by Alexandre (Barnes) Leh:

Cliff Leeman, Hank D'Amico, Billy Bauer & his wife, Milt Hinton, and Anne Lesberg.

WikiLinks: (In alphabetical order)

George Barnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barnes_(musician)

Billy Bauer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bauer

Hank D'Amico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_D%27Amico

Arnold Fishkind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Fishkind

Milt Hinton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_Hinton

Cliff Leeman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Leeman

Jack Lesberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lesberg

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Arnold
• Fishkind
• Johnny
• Cresci
• George
• Barnes
• Jack
• Lesberg
• Joe
• Muro
• Mark
• Hyams
• Milt
• Hinton
• Cliff
• Leeman
• Hank
• D'Amico
• Billy
• Bauer

[coldwar1952]

Isn't the guy at the end with the pipe Nat Hentoff and perhaps his wife? Sure looks like him from the period - CW

[firstgarden7]

@coldwar1952 - I don't know. I needed a lot of help identifying these folks. A few I knew personally thru my dad, and many visits/family get-togethers. Such is the life of a musician family. I waited too long to start inquiring, because a surprising amount of them passed away only in the last few years. Believe me, I tried to reach many. And the one or two that remain are so la-di-da and passive, just too tired to really take a look and try. So, here were are, asking all the questions. :-)

[zan17]

hey! this is alexandra barnes leh...was researching on youtube for a project i'm doing on dad -- and can't believe i found this!!! had no idea there was film footage...please message me so we can connect...

[firstgarden7]

@zan17

hey

[firstgarden7]

@zan17

my addy is firstgarden at yahoo

Love & blessings,

todd

[firstgarden7]

George Barnes was the one wearing those wild & crazy cutoffs. He and his wife Evelyn, and daughter Alexandre were great neighbors.

[zan17]

btw, this was dad's 39th birthday...wasn't it your dad's birthday, too? my mom will be able to fill in a lot of the story when i show this to her on mother's day weekend. very cool...