Mike McNaught
Mike McNaught (* 1938 ) is a British musician ( organ , keyboards , e-piano ) and arranger who was active in jazz as well as in pop and light music.
McNaught played in the second half of the 1960s with the London Jazz Four , which included Brian Moore (bass), Len Clarke (drums) and Ron Forbes (vibraphone). In 1967 he made an album with Lennon / McCartney songs, Take a New Look at the Beatles ( Polydor ); also the album An Elizabethan Songbook ( Columbia 1969); at the same time he worked with Henry Lowther ( Child Song ) and Daryl Runswick ( Atlantic Bridge ). As a musician, composer and arranger he worked in the course of his career a. a. with Ray Dorset , Gerry & the Pacemakers , Harry Nilsson , Randy Crawford , Mungo Jerry , Bonnie Tyler , Patti Boulaye and the comedian group Monty Python . Under his own name, he presented music for children in the 1970s with productions such as Bugs Bunny Comes to London and Spin A Magic Tune .
Web links
- Web presence
- Mike McNaught at Allmusic (English)
- Mike McNaught at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ London Jazz Four: Take a New Look at the Beatles (2005) in All About Jazz
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 18, 2015)
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SURNAME | McNaught, Mike |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musician (organ, keyboards, e-piano) and arranger |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |