This book is about American jazz history and a very special place in San Francisco that was called Earthquake McGoon's, which was one of the longest running jazz clubs in America.

Included in Meet Me At McGoon's are some 860 photos and illustrations, a complete index and an updated list of Turk Murphy recordings at the time of writing this book.

... over 2000 jazz pianists listing the title of album or CD

... introducing you to the great and the unknown jazz pianists

... discography of the amazing Bernard Peiffer and Jessica Williams

... information on cdbaby

... great for collectors and musicians searching out new artists

... links to important sites

... if you enjoy piano jazz, this is a must for your library

The purpose of this book is to help the student of jazz piano learn techniques of improvisation and chord voicing using Richard Drexler's scale system. It first introduces Herb's 37 original tunes and some of Richard's and describes Richard's scale system and then applies it to Herb's songs. A CD is included of recordings of both authors' songs in MP3 format. Selected tunes are analyzed in the text and used to demonstrate the scale substitute system. In another chapter the sax solo of Bob Berg on Mitzvah Waltz is analyzed. The student will be able improve his or her technique of improvisation using the Drexler method once it is assimilated and reinforced.