American jazz tenor saxophonistBorn January 19, 1927 in Detroit, MichiganDied September 16, 1993 in Utica, New York).Monterose (not to be confused with tenor saxophonist Jack Montrose), worked with Buddy Rich (1952), Claude Thornhilll, Teddy Charles, Jon Eardley, Charles Mingus (on "Pithecanthropus Erectus", 1956) and as a member of Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets.