Montclair is (and was) home to many jazz greats:
Composer – Dick Hyman
Saxophonist – Oliver Lake,
Drummers – Jay Duke and T.S. Monk, son of Thelonious Monk.
Dianists – Steve Colson and Don Lambert
Trumpeter – Ted Curson
Bassists – Reggie Workman, Christian McBride and Andy McKee
Singers – Iqua Colson, Jackie Cain and Roy Kral TO NAME JUST A FEW
Many classical greats have lived here too:
Composers – George Walker and Joseph Lamb, a ragtime composer with classical leanings.
Conductors – Vincent LeSelva and Oscar Ravina
Pianist – Dame Inez Bull
Cellist – Ronald Naspo (also a string bass player)
Opera singers – Beatice Bowman, Aurora Stewart Bull, Dorothy Kirsten, George Shirley, Jane Busch-Hecht
Pop and rock:
Bob Gaudio, the keyboard player and composer for the pop band The Four Seasons, lived in an English style mansion on Edgewood Terrace. He also wrote the music for a 1970 album by Frank Sinatra called Watertown. Frank spent a couple of days at Bob’s mansion. Watertown was met with mixed reviews. It didn’t sell well.
Joe Walsh – singer, guitarist, and songwriter and member of rock bands James Gang and the Eagles.