Jack Montrose

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

United States

Active from

1973

Active to

2010

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Listeners

1,729

Total plays

8,073

Jack Montrose (1928 - 2006) was a jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger. After attending university 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. 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 wher

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jack

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Detroit

Place of death

Las Vegas

Occupation

composer

Genre

jazz

Instrument

saxophone

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