J.R. Monterose

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René Thomas Quintet The Teddy Charles Tentet J. R. Monterose Quartet Ralph Sharon's All-Star Sextet The Daniel Vitale Quartet

ex Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, Teddy Charles New Directions Quartet

American jazz tenor saxophonist
Born January 19, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan
Died September 16, 1993 in Utica, New York)

Monterose (not to be confused with tenor saxophonist Jack Montrose), worked with Buddy Rich (1952), Claude Thornhilll, Teddy Charles, Jon Eardley, Charles Mingus (on Pithecanthropus Erectus, 1956) and as a member of Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets.

ALBUMS

J R Monterose* / Charlie Rouse / Don Wilkerson / Fred Jackson

Four Classic Albums: Tenor Sax

Live At The Gemini Jazz Cafe Vol 5 - My Old Flame

2002, CDr, Croscrane

2001, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

Eddie Bert & Jr. Monterose*

Live At Birdland

1992, CD, Album, Fresh Sound Records,

J.R. Monterose / Hugh Brodie

Bebop Loose & Live

1982, LP, Cadence Jazz Records

J.R. Monterose Duo With Tommy Flanagan

...And A Little Pleasure

J.R. Monterose, Jon Eardley, Rein De Graaff, Henk Haverhoek, Pierre Courbois

Is Alive In Amsterdam (Paradiso)

J. R. Monterose* + The Joe Abodeely Trio

Teddy Charles, Charlie Mingus*, J.R. Monterose - Teddy Charles New Directions Quartet

1958, 7", EP, Metronome

Teddy Charles N. D. Quartet* Introducing J. R. Montrose*

Teddy Charles N. D. Quartet

2xCD, Album, Not On Label (J.R. Monterose Self-released),

J.R. Monterose Amsterdam 1970

CD, EP, Not On Label (J.R. Monterose Self-released),

J.R. Monterose Quartet*

Live At The Tender Trap

The Daniel Vitale Quartet

The Daniel Vitale Quartet

1992, CD, Album, Not On Label (Daniel Vitale Self-Released)

J. R. Monterose Quartet

Welcome Back J.R. !

Rene Thomas Quintet*

The Teddy Charles Tentet

The Teddy Charles Tentet

Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

Original Quartet & Quintet Complete Studio Recordings

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Unofficial, Gambit Records,

CDr, Unofficial, Monodisc

APPEARANCES +

L'Art De La Surprise

2025, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2),

'Round About Midnight At The Café Bohemia To Matador Revisited

2024, CD, Comp, ezz-thetics

The Gary Smulyan And Frank Basile Quintet

2024, CD, Album, SteepleChase

Makaya McCraven

Deciphering The Message

Contemporary Jazz

The Complete Albums 1953-1959

2019, 4xCD, Comp, Enlightenment (3),

Four Classic Albums

2018, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Jazz

Four Classic Albums Second Set

Hard Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Bop

Oscar Pettiford, Nonet* / Big Band* / Sextet*

New York City 1955 - 1958

2017, 2xCD, Uptown Records (2),

Timeless Classic Albums

2017, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, DOL,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Complete Live At The Bohemia • 1955 •

2017, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, 24 , Essential Jazz Classics

5 Original Albums

2016, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Blue Note, Universal Music Group, The Jazz Labels,

The Complete Albums Collections 1953-1957

2016, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Enlightenment (3),

Seven Classic Albums

2016, 4xCD, Comp, Real Gone Music Company,

Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

George Wallington

Four Classic Albums

Profile Of Jackie

2015, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Kenny Burrell + Swingin'

2014, CD, Comp, Poll Winners Records,

Eight Classic Albums

Original Album Series

2011, Box Set, 5x CD,

2010, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment

Eight Classic Albums

Bop/Post Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Free Jazz/Hard Bop/Post Bop

Pithecanthropus Erectus + The Clown

Oscar Pettiford

Oscar Rides Again

2008, 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Swing

Blue Note Lives ···And Speaks

2007, CD, Comp, Mono, Promo, Smplr, Pap, Blue Note,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Eddie Bert Quartet & Quintet*

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

2004, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Contemporary Jazz

The Very Best Of Charles Mingus: The Atlantic Years

Blue Note Nonstop 60 Trax

1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Blue Note,

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Bop/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz

J.R. Montrose Quartet*

Swing Journal Presents The Blue Note

1998, 4xCD, Comp, Blue Note,

Bop/Free Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz

Roots Of Jazz Funk Volume One

1997, CD, Comp, MVP Records (5), MVP Records (5),

Hard Bop/Free Jazz/Modal

Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961

1997, 6x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Post Bop/Interview

Blue Trails (The Rare Tracks)

The Amazing Shōichi Yui Vol. 1

Lexington Avenue -No Room For Squares III- A Blue Note 1500 Series Sampler

1995, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Blue Note

'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia

Hot And Cold (A Collection Of Belgian Jazz From The Igloo Label)

1993, CDi, Comp, Igloo

Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology

1993, 2x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Free Improvisation/Cool Jazz

1992, CD, Comp, Blue Note

Freddie Deronde

Spontaneous Effort

1990, CD, Igloo

From Hollywood To New York

"Pithecanthropus Erectus" 1955-1957

Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

The Metropolitan Bopera House

'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2

'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 3

1981, LP, Album, The Family Co.

Passions Of A Man: An Anthology Of His Atlantic Recordings

Sonny Criss / Kenny Dorham

The Art Of Charles Mingus (The Atlantic Years)

The Best Of Charles Mingus

The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop*

Pithecanthropus Erectus

1965, 7", Atlantic, Atlantic

Charlie Mingus*

A Foggy Day / Blue Cee

1960, 7", EP, Atlantic

Charlie Mingus*

Pithecanthropus Erectus

Hard Bop/Post Bop

The George Wallington Quintet*

The Prestidigitator

Sue & Ralph Sharon

Teddy Charles, Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Mingus*, Shelly Manne

The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop*

Pithecanthropus Erectus

1956, Vinyl Deep Groove,

Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets

'Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia

Junior Bradley And His Group, Will Bradley And Strings

The House Of Bradley

1955, LP, Album, Mono, Epic,

Ralph Sharon's All-Star Sextet

The Atlantic Jazz Gallery

LP, Comp, Atlantic,

Blue Notes III (Milestones Of Jazz Legends)

More Blue Notes - Milestones Of Jazz Legends

10x CD, Box Set,

Blue Note Best Jazz Collection 62 Sax Special

2014, CD, Comp, Blue Note, DeAgostini

Carice's Choice

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note,

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note Records,

New York Is Our Home

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note, EMI,

Best Blue Note 100

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note

The Jazz World Of Don Schlitten

1998, CD, Album, Comp, Prevue

Yesterdays - Blue Note Special 1956 - 1957

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Blue Note,

Quartet, Quintet & Septet

2015, CD, Comp, RE, Unofficial, Fresh Sound Records

Pithecanthropus Erectus