Grachan Moncur II
Grachan Moncur II (sometimes credited as Grachan Moncur, born September 2, 1915, Miami, Florida – November 3, 1996, Miami) was an American jazz bassist with the Savoy Sultans. He was the half-brother of Al Cooper and the father of jazz trombonist Grachan Moncur III.[1]
Moncur was a multi-instrumentalist as a teenager, learning trombone, tuba, and double bass while growing up in Miami. After moving to Newark, New Jersey, he began playing bass on a local radio station, where John Hammond heard him. Hammond brought Moncur in for studio sessions in 1935–36 with Mildred Bailey, Bunny Berigan, Putney Dandridge, Bud Freeman, and Teddy Wilson. He was a founding member of the Savoy Sultans, playing with the group until 1945. Later in the 1940s, he worked with Ike Quebec and Ace Harris.[2]
Moncur returned to Miami in the 1950s, where he remained active until late in the 1960s.
References[]
- ^ Morgan, Joyce. "Grachan Moncur III". Grachan Moncur III web site. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
Grachan's father, Grachan Brother Moncur II [...] played bass as a member of Savoy Sultans.
- ^ "Grachan Moncur", The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition.
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