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class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Harry Leahey</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Harry F. Leahey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1935-09-01</span>)</span>September 1, 1935<br /><a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Plattsburgh">Plattsburgh</a>, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 12, 1990<span style="display:none">(1990-08-12)</span> (aged 54)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick, New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, teacher</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument</th><td class="infobox-data note">Guitar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1951–1990</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Harry F. Leahey</b> (September 1, 1935 — August 12, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist and teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guitar_studies">Guitar studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Guitar studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leahey received his first <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Stella_(guitar)" title="Stella (guitar)">Stella</a>, at the age of thirteen.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to study with Lou Melia at Sayer's Studio in <a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="Plainfield, New Jersey">Plainfield</a>, who taught him the "<a href="/wiki/Guitar_picking" title="Guitar picking">consecutive picking</a>" technique.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20062_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20062-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years later, he began studying with <a href="/wiki/Harry_Volpe" title="Harry Volpe">Harry Volpe</a>, studio guitarist and teacher of such players as <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pass" title="Joe Pass">Joe Pass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sal_Salvador" title="Sal Salvador">Sal Salvador</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20063_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20063-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His saxophonist neighbour, Bill Pfeiffer, introduced Leahey to the <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> and studio guitarist <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Smith" title="Johnny Smith">Johnny Smith</a>, who took him under his wing for six months and showed him how to perform "alternate picking."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20064_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20064-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 1952, he made friends with a record store employee, Edie Linzer, who lent him a 10-inch record of <a href="/wiki/Django_Reinhardt" title="Django Reinhardt">Django Reinhardt</a>. It featured "Manoir des mes rêves" and "<a href="/wiki/Nuages" title="Nuages">Nuages</a>." He quickly added these songs to his repertoire, eventually re-recording them in the 70's with the Phil Woods Quintet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20067_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20067-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a teenager, Leahey formed a group with his sister Edith, which went by the name of "Sunshine", inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Les_Paul_and_Mary_Ford" title="Les Paul and Mary Ford">Les Paul and Mary Ford</a> duo. They are joined by his childhood friend, Tom Anthony, playing bass. They toured in Plainfield theatres, and appeared on TV in the Ding Dong Show and the <a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">Ed Sullivan Show</a> where they played alongside a yodeler, Sara Conk.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20063_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20063-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Leahey's high school years, Sunshine began to get tired of singing. Leahey & Anthony met Richie Moore in 1951 and formed "The Richie Moore Four" along with pianist Romolo Ferri. The band plays in clubs, covering the hits of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20066_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20066-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 1955, they were booked at the last minute to play on the <a href="/wiki/SS_Groote_Beer" title="SS Groote Beer">SS Groote Beer</a>, travelling from <a href="/wiki/Hoboken,_New_Jersey" title="Hoboken, New Jersey">Hoboken, New Jersey</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, Netherlands. Once in Europe, they decided to head off to Paris where they performed throughout July.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20068_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20068-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Leahey left the army in the early 1960s, he met Roy Cumming & Glenn Davis,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200611_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200611-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he later formed the Harry Leahey Trio.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200610_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200610-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through them, he met pianist Mike Melillo, who had previously played with <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Woods" title="Phil Woods">Phil Woods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200616_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200616-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, the four of them formed the band In Free Association. </p><p>He was then offered to join the Phil Woods Quartet, which became the Quintet in 1974 or 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200619_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200619-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the band, he contributed on the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> winning <i>Live from the Showboat</i> (1977) album.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His arrangement of <a href="/wiki/Django_Reinhardt" title="Django Reinhardt">Django Reinhardt</a>'s "Manoir de mes rêves (Django's Castle)" and his own "Rain Danse" composition were featured on the album. He would later say that he considered this album one of the "high-points" of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200620_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200620-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Jazz_Festival" title="Newport Jazz Festival">Newport Jazz Festival</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maynard_Ferguson" title="Maynard Ferguson">Maynard Ferguson</a> Orchestra and the <a href="/wiki/Phil_Woods" title="Phil Woods">Phil Woods</a> Quintet shared the bill at a midnight concert on June 28, 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200626_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200626-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leahey left the band in 1978, stating he "preferred staying home and teaching."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200627_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200627-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1978 to 1990 he performed with his own trio, featuring Roy Cumming on <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">bass</a> and Glenn Davis on drums and in duo settings with various bass players. As leader, he recorded one album with his trio, one duo album with bassist <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gilmore" title="Steve Gilmore">Steve Gilmore</a> and one solo album. </p><p>Leahey gave guitar lessons at his home in <a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="Plainfield, New Jersey">Plainfield, New Jersey</a> and from 1974 to 1988 at <a href="/wiki/William_Paterson_University" title="William Paterson University">William Paterson University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200624_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200624-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His students include <a href="/wiki/Bob_DeVos" title="Bob DeVos">Bob DeVos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Herington" title="Jon Herington">Jon Herington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vic_Juris" title="Vic Juris">Vic Juris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Loeb" title="Chuck Loeb">Chuck Loeb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Six" title="Jack Six">Jack Six</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Vach%C3%A9_Jr." title="Warren Vaché Jr.">Warren Vaché Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harry F. Leahey was born on September 1, 1935, in <a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Plattsburgh (city), New York">Plattsburg</a>, New York, to parents Henry Leahey, member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> and Edith Leahey, <a href="/wiki/Birth_name" title="Birth name">née</a> Lamonde. He had two brothers, Michael and Patrick Leahey, and a sister, Edith Dillon. In his early years, his father encouraged him to become a professional boxer, and he used to train at the local <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20061_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20061-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield_High_School" title="North Plainfield High School">North Plainfield High School</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20065_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20065-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1960 and 1962, Leahey served in the U.S. Army. During this time, he learned the saxophone on his own in order to join a military music band.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20068_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20068-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He got married on May 4, 1960, to Karen Anthony, his childhood friend Tom's younger sister,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters20069_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters20069-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he had 4 children, two daughters, Deborah& Gillian and 2 sons, Dennis & Jimmy. Jimmy Leahey is also a guitarist in his own trio, in <a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeYoung" title="Dennis DeYoung">Dennis DeYoung</a>'s band<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in ex-<a href="/wiki/Spin_Doctors" title="Spin Doctors">Spin Doctors</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Krizan" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Krizan">Anthony Krizan</a>'s band Purple Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 8, 1987, Karen Leahey died from the complications of a disease.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200635_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200635-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A longtime resident of <a href="/wiki/North_Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="North Plainfield, New Jersey">North Plainfield, New Jersey</a>, Leahey died of colon cancer on August 12, 1990, after spending 15 days<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeters200637_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeters200637-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_University_Hospital" title="Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital">Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a>, New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_leader">As leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Still Waters</i> (Omni Sound, 1980)</li> <li><i>Silver Threads</i> with Steve Gilmore, (Omni Sound, 1982)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_sideman">As sideman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Leahey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: As sideman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Coates_Jr." title="John Coates Jr.">John Coates Jr.</a>, <i>Pocono Friends</i> (Omni Sound, 1980)</li> <li>John Coates Jr., <i>Pocono Friends Encore</i> (Omni Sound, 1982)</li> <li>John Coates Jr., <i>Our Love Is Here to Stay</i> (Baybridge, 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cohn" title="Al Cohn">Al Cohn</a>, <i>In Concert at East Stroudsburg University, April 17, 1986</i> (IAJRC, 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Legrand" title="Michel Legrand">Michel Legrand</a>, <i>Le Jazz Grand</i> (Gryphon, 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Murphy_(singer)" title="Mark Murphy (singer)">Mark Murphy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Living_Room_(Mark_Murphy_album)" title="Living Room (Mark Murphy album)">Living Room</a></i> (Muse, 1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Sebesky" title="Don Sebesky">Don Sebesky</a>, <i>Giant Box</i> (CTI, 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woods" title="Phil Woods">Phil Woods</a>, <i>Live from the Showboat</i> (RCA Victor, 1977)</li> <li>Phil Woods, <i>Song for Sisyphus</i> (Gryphon, 1978)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-ent-jimmy-leahey-dennis-deyoung-styx-20180319-story.html">"Come sail away with Jimmy Leahey, guitarist for Dennis DeYoung. 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