Top Songs
- Evolution · 1963
- Evolution (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] · 1963
- Evolution (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] · 1963
- Evolution · 1963
- Evolution (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] · 1963
- Soul Jazz Records Presents Black Fire! New Spirits! Deep and Radical Jazz in the USA 1957-75 · 2014
- The New Wave In Jazz (1994 Reissue Version) · 1994
- The New Wave In Jazz (1994 Reissue Version) · 1994
- Jazz Classics: Love for Sale · 2006
- New Africa / One Morning I Woke Up Very Early · 2003
- New Africa / One Morning I Woke Up Very Early · 2003
- New Africa / One Morning I Woke Up Very Early · 2003
- New Africa / One Morning I Woke Up Very Early · 2003
About Grachan Moncur III
A trailblazing trombonist and composer, Grachan Moncur III was a bold improviser whose searing, harmonically explosive style (rooted in blues and bebop, but reaching far beyond those traditions), helped to define the sound of edgy free jazz and post-bop. Moncur rose to prominence in the 1960s with his two landmark Blue Note sessions: 1963's Evolution and 1964's Some Other Stuff. He had already garnered attention on saxophonist Jackie McLean's classic Destination Out!, and would go on to record with adventurous avant-gardists like Archie Shepp, Sunny Murray, Beaver Harris, and others. While his solo output slowed in the '80s, Moncur remained a vital presence, teaching and working with luminaries like Frank Lowe and Big John Patton. He re-emerged with 2004's Exploration (a collaboration with arranger Mark Masters) and his final album, 2007's Inner Cry Blues, found him just as inspired and boundary-pushing as ever.
- HOMETOWN
- New York, NY, United States
- BORN
- June 3, 1937
- GENRE
- Jazz