Last night while looking for something in my very large and very disorganized shelves of sheet music and music books, etc. I came across the first volume of the 4 part "method" Jazz Improvisation by John Mehegan and the thought came that I don't ever recall actually hearing any of his recordings, he was a respected piano player before the went on the faculty at Julliard and a bunch of other high reputation schools. Anyway, you can look him up if you're interested in his biography and career. I went to my go to for such information, Youtube and found what I think is his first album. He plays on it with some really great musicians, Charles Mingus, . . . I'll just post the notes as on the Youtube. He's one of those fine musicians who isn't much mentioned nowadays but who are certainly worth hearing.
John Mehegan – "The First Mehegan"
Label:Savoy Records – MG-15054
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, 10", Mono
Country:US
Released:1955
Genre:Jazz
Tracklist:
A1 Cherokee
A2 The Boy Next Door
A3 Blue's Too Much
A4 Thou Swell
B1 Taking A Chance On Love
B2 Uncus
B3 Sirod
B4 Stella By Starlight
Credits
Bass – Charlie Mingus* (tracks: A1 to A4), Vinnie Burke (tracks: B1 to B4)
Directed By – Jack McKinney (tracks: B1 to B4), Ozzie Cadena (tracks: A1 to A4)
Drums – Joe Morello (tracks: B1 to B4), Kenny "Klook" Clarke* (tracks: A1 to A4)
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder (tracks: A1 to A4)
Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: B1 to B4)
Liner Notes – Jack McKinney
Piano – John Mehegan
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