Remembering my father, Fred Mergy, the talented jazz musician, trombonist, composer, and conductor. Fred was born on 2/17/1937 and passed on 10/1/1983. Please send any pics you would like to share to me and add comments to the page if you knew and worked with our father.
Fred Mergy B/W 
Fred Mergy at the Piano 
Fred Mergy with Crocker 
Fred Mergy Trombone 
Fred Mergy White Jacket 
James Leary Big Band
Fred Mergy Links Of Note:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_trombonists is the list of known jazz trombonists. Fred is in there now.
- ‘Dad’s are the original hipsters’ at SFGate when I submitted a couple of pics to @peterhartlaub back in 2012 when they were doing a piece on this in coordination with a book on the topic.
Thanks for putting this together, Jon. Dad was special, no doubt.
I was a young guy financing my education and supplementing my income playing trombone in the Bay Area. Fred gave me gigs and a tour with Elvis. I loved playing next to him and he was awesome and the very best. And I have been forever grateful for the kindness he gave me when I was young.
Thank you very much for sharing that Geoff!