Grachan Moncur II, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGrachan Moncur II
American musician
Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1915
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, United States
Date of Death: 31-Oct-1996
Profession: musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About 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.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.Moncur moved back to Miami in the 1950s, where he remained active until late in the 1960s.
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