Jack Montrose
Jack Montrose , also "West Coast Jack" (born December 30, 1928 in Detroit , † February 7, 2006 in Las Vegas ), was an American tenor saxophonist and arranger of West Coast jazz . He played with Chet Baker , Art Pepper , Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne .
At the beginning of his musical career, Montrose worked with Jerry Gray in 1953 and in Art Pepper's quintet in 1954. Since then he has been a freelance tenor saxophonist and arranger on the west coast of the USA, working with Chet Baker , Bob Gordon , John Grass , Lennie Niehaus , Shorty Rogers, but also made records with the singers Mel Tormé and Abbey Lincoln . Under his own name he recorded several albums with Red Norvo and Jim Hall ; his relative lack of success eventually forced him to drop out of the jazz scene and play in the casinos of Las Vegas .
It was not until 1977 that he took up jazz again and since 1986 has played several albums with Pete Jolly .
Jack Montrose is not to be confused with the tenor saxophonist JR Monterose .
Selected discography
- Shelly Manne & His Men: Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)
- Blues And Vanilla ( RCA Victor , 1957) with Red Norvo, Shelly Manne, Jim Hall
- The Horn's Full (RCA Victor, 1957) with Red Norvo, Jim Hall, Barney Kessel , Mel Lewis
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993.
- Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Montrose, Jack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tenor saxophonist and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2006 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas |