Sangster, John Grant

Sangster, John GrantSangster, John GrantJohn Grant Sangster (* Melbourne, 17 Nov. 1928; † Brisbane, 26 Oct. 1995), jazz performer, composer. He came to prominence as a trumpeter at the 1948 Australian Jazz Convention and formed his Jazz Six in 1949. Working with groups associated with the Bell brothers and Ade Monsbourgh, he joined the Bell band on drums for its 1950–52 overseas tour. After the band's break-up he remained with Graeme Bell for his tour of Korea and Japan, and then settled in…