[Dixielandjazz] Seeking Information about Jack Fine & Ephie Resnick

[Steve Barbone]

List mates:

I received the following email from a well known Canadian writer about jazz
and jazz history. He seeks information about Herbie Nichols who frequented
the loft jazz scene in NYC, as well as The Cinderella Club in the 1960s.

He specifically wants to contact Jack Fine (tpt) and Ephie Resnick (tb) who
were active in that milieu and would have know Herbie Nichols. I lost my
contact addresses for both Jack and Ephie about a year ago. Does anyone on
either list have such info?

Last I knew (about a year ago) Jack was alive in Gretna LA, and Ephie on
Long Island.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


>Dear Mr. Barbone,

>I realize that this comes rather out of the blue, but please bear with me while
<I explain. I am a Canadian writer, the author of eight books on
jazz-related >subjects, and I have taken an interest in the pianist Herbie
Nichols as a >potential subject for a biography.

>To that end, I have been doing some preliminary research and in "Googling" Jack
>Fine and Cinderella ‹ having previously found references in the Village Voice
>to Nichols at the Cinderella Bar ‹ I came across a couple of your reminiscences
>online about the dixieland and loft-jazz scenes in New York during the early
>1960s. In light of your comments, I wonder two things:

>1) Do you have any personal recollections of Nichols that you would be willing
>to share with me, perhaps in a telephone conversation at your convenience?

>2) Might you be able to suggest how I could get in touch with Jack Fine and
>Ephy Resnick? Both appear still to be active, according to your notes.

>Thank you,
>Mark Miller Toronto