Jack Montrose

Jack Montrose (December 30, 1928 – February 7, 2006) was an American

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.^[2]

Jack Montrose (West Coast Jack) is not to be confused with tenorist

• Arranged by Montrose (Pacific Jazz, 1954) with Bob Gordon Quartet / Clifford Brown Ensemble
• Arranged/Played/Composed by Jack Montrose (Atlantic, 1955) with Bob Gordon
• Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
• Blues and Vanilla (RCA Victor, 1956) with Red Norvo
• The Horn's Full (RCA Victor, 1957)
• Spread a Little Joy (Slingshot, 1987) - The Jack Montrose & Pete Jolly Quartet
• Live at Capozzoli's (Hindsight, 1999) - The Jack Montrose Quintet with Ron Stout, Ross Tompkins, Richard Simon, Paul Kreibich

As sideman

With Chet Baker

• Grey December (Pacific Jazz, 1953 [1992])
• The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 1953–54)
• Chet Baker & Strings (Pacific Jazz, 1954) - as arranger

With Elmer Bernstein

• "The Man with the Golden Arm" (Decca, 1956)

With Frank Butler

• The Stepper (Xanadu, 1977)

With Shelly Manne

• Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)

With Art Pepper

• Surf Ride (Savoy, 1952-1954 [1956])

With Shorty Rogers

• Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (RCA Victor, 1957)
• Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor, 1957)

With

• Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire
  (Bethlehem, 1956)

References

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