Draft:Monia Liter
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Monia Liter | |
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 Monia Liter in 1934 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 27 January 1906 Odessa, Black Sea |
| Died | 5 October 1988 (aged 82) England, UK. |
| Genres | Instrumental Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, arranger, bandleader |
| Years active | 1924-1988[1] |
Monia Liter (1906-1988[2]) was a pianist, arranger and bandleader during the British Dance Band era of the 1920s and 1930s.
Early career
[edit]Monia Liter studied piano and composition at the Imperial School of Music. In 1917, Monia moved to North China to continue studying music. In the early 1920s, he moved to Calcutta to join a dance band lead by a Canadian trumpeter known as Jimmy Lequime[3]. The band was stationed at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. In 1925, a young vocalist named Al Bowlly joined the band to be the guitarist and banjoist, and became Monia's personal best friend. Monia Liter resigned from the Lequime band in 1929. He later moved to London.
Peak career
[edit]In 1933, Monia Liter joined the Lew Stone band at The Monseigneur Restaurant in Piccadilly as the pianist, whereas Monia's friend Al Bowlly had found fame as the featured vocalist in the Lew Stone Band.[4] Monia was appointed as Bowlly's accompanying Pianist in many of Al Bowlly's solo records for the Decca label, including several Pathe film shorts in 1934 and 1936. After Monia left the Lew Stone band in 1934, he continued being the pianist in other popular dance bands, such as Jack Hylton's Orchestra and Nat Gonella and his Georgians.
Later career
[edit]In 1941, Monia joined the BBC specifically as an arranger, working mainly with Twentieth Century Serenaders. He continued as a composer for the BBC until his death in 1988.[5]