Jack Montrose
Jack Montrose (December 30, 1928 – February 7, 2006) was a jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger. After attending college in Los Angeles, he worked with Jerry Gray and then Art Pepper. Montrose also did arrangements for Clifford Brown. He became known for cool jazz and/or West coast jazz. Montrose was born in Detroit. Beginning in the mid-1950s Montrose's heroin addiction became a liability and by the time he had overcome it his style of jazz was no longer popular. This led him to play in strip joints for a time until he relocated to Las Vegas where he worked in casinos. Montrose returned to recording in 1977 and in 1986 had some success in collaboration with Pete Jolly. Jack Montrose (West Coast Jack) is not to be confused with tenorist J.R. Monterose (East Coast Jake) who played on Charles Mingus's album Pithecanthropus Erectus. He died in Las Vegas. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 7481 | 11/30/1953 | The creep | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 7482 | 11/30/1953 | Stop that dancing | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 7483 | 11/30/1953 | Oomp chuck | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 7484 | 11/30/1953 | Coronado cruise | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8240 | 3/17/1955 | I'm forever counting geigers | Melrose Avenue Conservatory Chamber Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8241 | 3/17/1955 | Id | Melrose Avenue Conservatory Chamber Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8242 | 3/18/1955 | Skip to my loot | Melrose Avenue Conservatory Chamber Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8243 | 3/18/1955 | Speak easy | Melrose Avenue Conservatory Chamber Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8412 | 5/18/1955 | Ballad for Jeannie-1 | Jack Millman Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8413 | 5/18/1955 | Bambi-2 | Jack Millman Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8414 | 5/18/1955 | The Turk-3 | Jack Millman Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 8415 | 5/18/1955 | Cathy goes South-4 | Jack Millman Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9322 | 6/19/1956 | Three line blues | John Graas Quintet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9323 | 6/19/1956 | Love me or leave me | John Graas Quintet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9324 | 6/19/1956 | Chuggin' | John Graas Quintet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9325 | 6/19/1956 | Trio-1 | John Graas Quintet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9809 | 1/21/1957 | Cluster | John Graas Sextet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9810 | 1/21/1957 | Canon frair-1 | John Graas Sextet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9811 | 1/21/1957 | Mood-2 | John Graas Sextet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | L 9812 | 1/21/1957 | I'm confessin' that I love you | John Graas Sextet | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Montrose, Jack," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/332317.
Montrose, Jack. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/332317.
"Montrose, Jack." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Montrose, Jack, 1928-2006 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80035325
Wikidata: Jack Montrose - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1957188
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/54343868
MusicBrainz: Jack Montrose - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6b14f25f-3cec-4e65-89fd-217ac26e1d89
ISNI: 0000 0001 1472 8471 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114728471
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