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Mehegan, John

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Personal name headingMehegan, John
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Variant(s)Mehegan, John F.
Birth date1922-06-06
Death date1984-04-03
Place of birthHartford (Conn.)
Place of deathNew Canaan (Conn.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationPianists Music teachers Authors
Found inHis Tonal and rhythmic principles, 1984: t.p. (John Mehegan)
His improvising jazz piano, c1985: cover (John Mehegan) p. 5 (d. Apr. 3, 1984)
OCLC, Feb. 7, 2002 (hdgs.: Mehegan, John; Mehegan, John F., 1922- ; usage: John Mehegan)
Mehegan, J. Famous jazz style piano folio, 1958: p. [1] (John F. Mehegan; b. June 6, 1922, Hartford, Conn.)
New York times WWW site, viewed April 21, 2016 obituary published by John S. Wilson on April 5, 1984 (John Mehegan, Jazz pianist. John F. Mehegan, a jazz pianist, teacher and author whose four-volume work, ''Jazz Improvisation,'' is one of the most widely used publications for teaching jazz piano, died of a brain tumor Tuesday at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Conn. Mr. Mehegan, who was 67 years old, maintained a studio in Westport for 20 years but had moved to Rowayton shortly before his death. was a dominant figure in classical music for over half a century)