Jack Montrose

Jack Montrose (December 30, 1928 – February 7, 2006) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger.

After attending college in Los Angeles, he worked with Jerry Gray and then Art Pepper.

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.

With Chet Baker With Elmer Bernstein With Frank Butler With Shelly Manne With Art Pepper With Shorty Rogers With Mel Torme