Grachan Moncur III
American jazz trombonist
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- Bachelors Music Performance Juilliard School
- Masters Music Performance Manhattan School of Music
- Doctorate Music Performance New England Conservatory of Music
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Grachan Moncur III was an American jazz trombonist. He was the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper. Biography Born in New York City, United States, and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Grachan Moncur III began playing the cello at the age of nine, and switched to the trombone when he was 11. In high school, he attended the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina, the private school where Dizzy Gillespie had studied. While still at school, he began sitting in with touring jazz musicians on their way through town, including Art Blakey and Jackie McLean, with whom he formed a lasting friendship.
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