J.R. Monterose

About the artist

J. R. Monterose (Frank Anthony Peter Vincent Monterose, Jr., Detroit, Michigan, January 19, 1927 – September 16, 1993), , was an American jazz tenor (and occasional soprano) saxophonist. J.R. or JR (derived from Jr.) Monterose grew up in Utica, New York, where his family moved a few months after his birth. He began formal clarinet studies at thirteen, but was largely self taught as a tenor saxophonist, which he took up at fifteen after hearing Glenn Miller band soloist Tex Beneke.

Top songs

  1. The Third
  2. Beauteous (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  3. Beauteous
  4. Wee-Jay
  5. Ka-Link
  6. Marc V
  7. Bobbie Pin
  8. The Third - 2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  9. Wee-Jay - 2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  10. Beauteous - 2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
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  1. Bobbie Pin - 2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  2. Ka-Link - 2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  3. Marc V - 2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  4. Violets For Your Furs
  5. Bobbie Pin (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  6. Wee-Jay - Alternate Take/2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  7. Wee-Jay (Alternate Take)
  8. Short Bridge
  9. Beauteous (2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  10. Green Street Scene
  11. I Remember Clifford
  12. You know that
  13. Straight Ahead
  14. Marc V (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  15. Wee-Jay (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  16. Chafic
  17. That You Are
  18. The Third (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  19. I Should Care
  20. Waltz For Claire
  21. Red Devil
  22. Lover Man
  23. Beauteous (Remastered)
  24. Wee-Jay [Alternate Take]
  25. Ka-Link (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  26. Herky Hawks
  27. ザ・サード
  28. Wee Jay
  29. Wee-Jay (Alternate Take) (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  30. Central Park West
  31. You Know What
  32. Mark V
  33. Ka Link
  34. Bradley's Beans
  35. Rural Route
  36. Twelve Tone Tune
  37. Marc V (2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  38. Con Alma
  39. Promised Land
  40. The Third - Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  41. Never Let Me Go
  42. All The Things You Are
  43. In Salah
  44. You Don't Know What Love Is
  45. What's New
  46. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
  47. Sonnymoon For Two
  48. Body And Soul
  49. Jaywalkin'
  50. Wee-Jay - Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  51. Pain And Suffering…And A Little Pleasure
  52. The Third (2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  53. The Prestidigitator
  54. Old Folks
  55. My Old Flame
  56. Jouons
  57. Ka-Link - Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  58. Theme for Ernie
  59. Wee-Jay (Alt.)
  60. Wee-Jay (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2008 Digital Remaster)
  61. How Deep Is The Ocean
  62. Spice
  63. Sugar Hips
  64. It Don't Mean A Thing
  65. Plutocrat At The Automat
  66. Composin' At The Composer
  67. Vinnie's pad
  68. Wee-Jay (2008 Digital Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
  69. For Hank
  70. Brainwasher
  71. Love Walked In
  72. Manhattan
  73. Airegin-Be-Bop Theme
  74. The Third (2008 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2008 Digital Remaster)
  75. Just Blues
  76. Mynah Lament
  77. That Goldblatt Magic
  78. Chaftic
  79. Marc V - Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  80. Slightly Oliver
  81. Mood For Mitch
  82. Man On The Couch
  83. Darn That Dream
  84. A Fine Romance
  85. Chapic
  86. Reborn One
  87. WeeJay
  88. Wee-Jay - Alternate Version
  89. Beauteous - Rudy Van Gelder Edition
  90. Wee-Jay - Alternate Take

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