Grachan Moncur II

Grachan Moncur II (sometimes credited as Grachan Moncur) (born September 2, 1915, Miami, Florida - died November 3, 1996, Miami) was an American jazz bassist with the Savoy Sultans. He is 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 among others.[2]

Moncur moved back to Miami in the 1950s, where he remained active until late in the 1960s.

References

  1. ↑ Morgan, Joyce. "Grachan Moncur III". Grachan Moncur III web site. Retrieved 6 July 2009. Grachan's father, Grachan Brother Moncur II [...] played bass as a member of Savoy Sultans.
  2. ↑ "Grachan Moncur", The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition.


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