• USED / SECOND HAND / MINT CONDITION

This edition presents all ot the studio recordings made by JR. Monterose in a quartet & quintet format under his own name during the fifties & sixties. A small group session featuring Monterose under the direction of pianist George Wallington has also been included as a bonus.

Disc 1: 01. Straight Ahead, 02. Violets For Your Furs, 03. Green Street Scene, 04. Chafic, 05. You Know What, 06. I Remember Clifford, 07. Short Bridge, 08. Waltz For Claire, 09. I Should Care, 10. That You Are, 11. Red Devil, 12. Lover Man, 13. Herky Hawks, 14. Wee Jay.

Disc 2: 01. Marc V, 02. The Third, 03. Bobbie Pin, 04. Ka Link, 05. Beauteous, 06. Wee Jay, 07. In Salah, 08. Jouons, 09. The Prestidigitator, 10. Promised Land, 11. Rural Route, 12. Composin´ At The Composer

Total Time: 75:04

JR. Monterose, tenor sax on all tracks, plus:

Disc 1, 1-7: JR Monterose Quartet " The Message": Tommy Flanagan (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Pete La Roca (d). New York, November 24, 1959.

Disc 1, 8-13: JR Monterose Quartet " In Action": Dale Oehler (p), Gary Allen (b), Joe Abodeely (d), Rock Island Illinois, 1964.

Disc 1, 14 & Disc 2, 1-6: JR Monterose Quintet " JR Monterose": Ira Sullivan (tp), Horace Silver (p), Wilbur Ware (b), Philly Joe Jones (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, October 21, 1956.

Bonus Tracks: Disc 2, 7-12: George Wallington Quartet / Quintet " The Prestidigitator": Jerry Lloyd (b-tp on 10-12 only), George Wallington (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Nick Stabulas (d).
New York, April 4-6, 1957.

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