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Grachan Moncur III June 3 1937 – June 3 2022 Was An American Jazz Trombonist. He Was One Of The First Free Jazz Trombonists As Well As A Prolific Composer. He Is The Son Of Jazz Bassist Grachan Moncur II. Born And Raised In Newark New Jersey USA Grachan Began Playing The Cello At Age Nine And Switched To The Trombone At Eleven. In High School He Attended The Laurinburg Institute In North Carolina The Private School Where Dizzy Gillespie Studied. While Still In School He Began Sitting In With Touring Jazz Musicians On Their Way Through Town Such As Art Blakey And Jackie McLean With Whom He Formed A Lasting Friendship. After High School He Toured With Ray Charles 1959-1962 Art Farmer And Benny Golson's Jazztet 1962 And Sonny Rollins And Played And Recorded With Marion Brown Joe Henderson And Archie Shepp. He Took Part In Two Classic Jackie McLean Albums In The Early 1960s One Step Beyond And Destination Out Which Led To Two Influential Albums Of His Own For Blue Note Records Evolution 1963 With Jackie McLean And Lee Morgan And Some Other Stuff 1964 With Herbie Hancock And Wayne Shorter. After Leaving Blue Note Grachan Recorded With Other Avant-Garde Players Like Archie Shepp Beaver Harris And Roswell Rudd The Other Big Name In Free Jazz Trombone As Well As Recording Several Albums Of His Own For European Labels Including New Africa 1969 And Echoes Of Prayer 1974 Which Featured A Full Orchestra Plus Vocalists And Jazz Soloists. Unfortunately He Was Plagued By Health Problems And Copyright Disputes And Spent A Long Period In Obscurity. Through The 1980s He Recorded With Cassandra Wilson 1985 Appeared Occasionally With The Paris Reunion Band And Frank Lowe And Recorded Another Album Soul Connection In 1983 But Mostly Concentrated On Teaching. In 2004 He Re-Emerged With A New Album Exploration On Capri Records Featuring Grachan's Compositions Arranged For An Octet Including Tim Hagans And Gary Bartz.
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Biography - Grachan Moncur Iii
Grachan Moncur III June 3 1937 – June 3 2022 Was An American Jazz Trombonist. He Was One Of The First Free Jazz Trombonists As Well As A Prolific Composer. He Is The Son Of Jazz Bassist Grachan Moncur II. Born And Raised In Newark New Jersey USA Grachan Began Playing The Cello At Age Nine And Switched To The Trombone At Eleven. In High School He Attended The Laurinburg Institute In North Carolina The Private School Where Dizzy Gillespie Studied. While Still In School He Began Sitting In With Touring Jazz Musicians On Their Way Through Town Such As Art Blakey And Jackie McLean With Whom He Formed A Lasting Friendship. After High School He Toured With Ray Charles 1959-1962 Art Farmer And Benny Golson's Jazztet 1962 And Sonny Rollins And Played And Recorded With Marion Brown Joe Henderson And Archie Shepp. He Took Part In Two Classic Jackie McLean Albums In The Early 1960s One Step Beyond And Destination Out Which Led To Two Influential Albums Of His Own For Blue Note Records Evolution 1963 With Jackie McLean And Lee Morgan And Some Other Stuff 1964 With Herbie Hancock And Wayne Shorter. After Leaving Blue Note Grachan Recorded With Other Avant-Garde Players Like Archie Shepp Beaver Harris And Roswell Rudd The Other Big Name In Free Jazz Trombone As Well As Recording Several Albums Of His Own For European Labels Including New Africa 1969 And Echoes Of Prayer 1974 Which Featured A Full Orchestra Plus Vocalists And Jazz Soloists. Unfortunately He Was Plagued By Health Problems And Copyright Disputes And Spent A Long Period In Obscurity. Through The 1980s He Recorded With Cassandra Wilson 1985 Appeared Occasionally With The Paris Reunion Band And Frank Lowe And Recorded Another Album Soul Connection In 1983 But Mostly Concentrated On Teaching. In 2004 He Re-Emerged With A New Album Exploration On Capri Records Featuring Grachan's Compositions Arranged For An Octet Including Tim Hagans And Gary Bartz.
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