George Adams
Ronald Russ
recently? I don't remember seeing any obituaries on him?
Ron Russ
rr...@panix.com
Steve Berman
I keep hearing people referring to him in the past tense. Did he die
recently? I don't remember seeing any obituaries on him?
He died in, I believe, November '92. Don Pullen wrote a song in his memory
called 'Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya' which appears on 'Stablemates' by
Roots as well, I think, on an album under Pullen's own name (don't know
which).
--Steve
CZAC
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I did hear that he died about 6 months after the fact on a jazz
radio show. I can't remember seeing an obit anywhere, not even
Downbeat (although they must have had something in Final Bar).
In any case, I found him to be a criminally underrated tenor
player. Does anyone have a George Adams discography? I imagine
some of his work would be hard to trace since he recorded for
several small European labels (e.g., Horo).
Dave K.
Ben Weiner
J.R. Monterose died yesterday, of cancer. No further details.
He was mostly identified with bop but probably heard most widely
on Mingus's _Pithecanthropus Erectus_.
Ben
Thomas M. Keith
>In article <STEVE.93S...@milan.ims.uni-stuttgart.de> st...@milan.ims.uni-stuttgart.de (Steve Berman) writes:
>>In article <28212e$8...@panix.com> rr...@panix.com (Ronald Russ) writes:
>>
>> I keep hearing people referring to him in the past tense. Did he die
>> recently? I don't remember seeing any obituaries on him?
>>
>>He died in, I believe, November '92. Don Pullen wrote a song in his memory
>>called 'Ah George, We Hardly Knew Ya' which appears on 'Stablemates' by
>>Roots as well, I think, on an album under Pullen's own name (don't know
>>which).
>>--Steve
>>.
>>.
>I did hear that he died about 6 months after the fact on a jazz
>radio show. I can't remember seeing an obit anywhere, not even
>Downbeat (although they must have had something in Final Bar).
Cadence had it, I think in December.
-thom
Thomas M. Keith
In a Cadence interview Montrose said that he thought that album "sucked".
Both the interviewer (though I can't remember who, maybe Bob Rusch?) and
myself disagree. Was Montrose also on "The Clown" ?
-thom
Marcel Franck Simon
> This morning (9/27) Phil Schaap said that tenor saxophonist
> J.R. Monterose died yesterday, of cancer. No further details.
> He was mostly identified with bop but probably heard most widely
> on Mingus's _Pithecanthropus Erectus_.
Oh too bad. He was a strong muscular tenor who recorded way too
little in his life. Other than the classic Mingus, and the two
records below, I believe there were one or two other Xanadu's
(which is Don Schlitten's label, defiantly LP-only, that specializes
in issuing various studio and/or live sessions, probably from his
own collection -- which must be huge given Schlitten's decades as
a jazz producer.)
As a leader:
Monterose, J. R. Blue Note BLP 1536 (LP)
Title: J. R. Monterose
Recorded: 10/21/1956 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Released: 1956
With: Ira Sullivan, Trumpet
J. R. Monterose (leader), Tenor Sax
Horace Silver, Piano
Wilbur Ware, Bass
Philly Joe Jones, Drums
Contents: 1) Wee-Jay
2) The Third
3) Bobbie Pin
4) Marc V
5) Ka-Link
6) Beauteous
Purchased: 1990
Comments: Liberty Records blue and white label
Monterose, J. R. Xanadu 126 (LP)
Title: Straight Ahead
Recorded: 11/24/1959 at Unknown
Released: 1975
With: J. R. Monterose (leader), Tenor Sax
Tommy Flanagan, Piano
Jimmy Garrison, Bass
Pete LaRoca, Drums
Contents: 1) Straight Ahead ( 05:24)
2) Violets For Your Furs ( 02:46)
3) Chafic ( 05:08)
4) I Remember Clifford ( 05:35)
5) Green Street Scene ( 06:14)
6) You Know That ( 05:42)
7) Short Bridge ( 06:34)
Total: ( 37:23)
Purchased: 1987
Marcel-Franck Simon min...@usl.com, usl!mingus
" Papa Loko, ou se' van, ou-a pouse'-n ale'
Nou se' papiyon, n'a pote' nouvel bay Agwe' "
ke...@mhd.moorhead.msus.edu
I'm sorry to hear this. He had an lp on Uptown called "Live in Albany"
which I liked quite a bit. Apparently he had, during this time, spent
most of his playing time around the Albany area.
======Bill Kenz
Tom Lojewski
>As a leader:
>Monterose, J. R. Blue Note BLP 1536 (LP)
>Title: J. R. Monterose
>Recorded: 10/21/1956 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
>Released: 1956
>With: Ira Sullivan, Trumpet
> J. R. Monterose (leader), Tenor Sax
> Horace Silver, Piano
> Wilbur Ware, Bass
> Philly Joe Jones, Drums
>Contents: 1) Wee-Jay
> 2) The Third
> 3) Bobbie Pin
> 4) Marc V
> 5) Ka-Link
> 6) Beauteous
>Purchased: 1990
>Comments: Liberty Records blue and white label
FYI: By coincidence, I picked up a new Japanese re-issue of this one over
the weekend. It is still available. But not cheap. I paid $24.
Does anyone know of a mail order place where the Japanese re-issues
can be gotten cheaper? It's very nice by the way.
--
Tom Lojewski - Network Systems Corporation - Fremont, California
Ben Weiner
>Oh too bad. He was a strong muscular tenor who recorded way too
>little in his life. Other than the classic Mingus, and the two
>records below, I believe there were one or two other Xanadu's
>(which is Don Schlitten's label, defiantly LP-only, that specializes
>in issuing various studio and/or live sessions, probably from his
>own collection -- which must be huge given Schlitten's decades as
>a jazz producer.)
>As a leader:
>Monterose, J. R. Blue Note BLP 1536 (LP)
>Title: J. R. Monterose
>Recorded: 10/21/1956 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
>Released: 1956
>Monterose, J. R. Xanadu 126 (LP)
>Title: Straight Ahead
>Recorded: 11/24/1959 at Unknown
>Released: 1975
As Bill Kenz already mentioned there is the Live in Albany LP, which is the
only one I've got (and Monterose's first album recorded in the US since
1960):
J.R. Monterose, Live in Albany, Uptown UP 27.02, released 1980.
Monterose ts, Hod O'Brien p, Teddy Kotick b, Eddie Robinson d.
Rec. at Lark Tavern in Albany, 5/8/79.
tracks: The Shadow of Your Smile, Ruby My Dear, Lu-An, Just Friends.
A fine album; you also get to hear the underrecorded Hod O'Brien. Its
liner notes were written by the producer (Robert Sunenblick, M.D.) who
appears to be a committed fan - anyway, I copied out the other albums
he says Monterose appeared on. (Other trivia: Monterose said of Mingus,
"You had to play his brain," and left after Mingus belted Jackie McLean;
and in 1960 or so he played in the touring band for Jay and the
Americans (?!) - "it was pretty awful.")
The list may not be complete, but even so there's awfully few - he
never made as many gigs as a sideman as you'd expect.
Leader Album Label, # Date
Teddy Charles ? Prestige 7078 1/55
Jon Eardley ? Prestige 207 3/55
Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus E... Atlantic 1/56
Kenny Dorham Live at Club Bohemia Blue Note 1524 4/56 ?
Kenny Dorham KD's Jazz Prophets ABC 122 4/56 ?
J.R. Monterose Blue Note 1536 10/56
J.R. Monterose (Straight Ahead?) Jaro 5004 (reiss. Xanadu), 1959
Rene Thomas Jazzland JL 27 9/60
J.R. Monterose Live in Action Studio 4 '64 ("extremely rare")
J.R. Monterose is Alive in Amsterdam HSM 1502
J.R. Monterose Live in Albany Uptown UP27.02 '80
It would make an awfully thin stack of vinyl ... it is too bad.
Ben
Ed Marchewicz
: The list may not be complete, but even so there's awfully few - he
: never made as many gigs as a sideman as you'd expect.
: Leader Album Label, # Date
: J.R. Monterose Live in Action Studio 4 '64 ("extremely rare")
An excellent album, a pity the recording quality wasn't better...
There is also :-
"Bebeop live and loose" which features some of his soprano playing
and a typical Monterose treatment of Green Dolphin Street.
Ed
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