Waltz For Claire – J.R. Monterose
We don't know who Claire is, but based on how romantic this composition is, we have to assume she's someone very special.
- Recording: J.R. Monterose - In Action
- Recorded on: 1964
- Label: Studio 4 (SS 100)
- Concert Key: D-flat
- Style: 3/4 swing (medium)
- Tenor Sax - J.R. Monterose
- Piano - Dale Oehler
- Bass - Gary Allen
- Drums - Joe Abodeely
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This J.R. Monterose composition is a lyrical waltz filled with romance. The tuneful melody is lilting, lovely, and memorable—it has the sort of timeless quality that makes it sound like it could be an old standard or a new composition.
Our audio excerpt starts with the melody and continues through the entire A section and its repeat, as well as giving a little taste of the B section.
Our audio excerpt starts with the melody and continues through the entire A section and its repeat, as well as giving a little taste of the B section.
J.R.'s first leader session was for Blue Note, in 1956, recorded in Hackensack, NJ. at Rudy Van Gelder's Recording Studio. His composition Bobbie Pin is available from that album. His next leader session was also recorded by engineer Rudy Van Gelder, but in Englewood Cliffs (not Hackensack) in 1959, the year the Englewood Cliffs studio was built. J.R.'s next three sessions were in the heartland: Iowa and Illinois. It was there, in Rock Island, Illinois, that Waltz For Claire was recorded.
J.R. Monterose
January 19, 1927 – September 26, 1993
A tenor saxophonist with a light though penetrating tone and a keen melodic and rhythmic approach, Monterose always brought something special to the bandstand or recording studio. He played extensively with Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham (he recorded with the latter pair) and pianist George Wallington, but he was mostly a leader. Read more...