A perennial fixture in American Gypsy Swing, Jack Fields (aka: Monterey Jacques), honed his rhythm style busking on the streets of Santa Cruz and San Francisco for over 10 years before joining Hot Club Pacific in 2005. Regarded as a contemporary master of Gypsy Swing rhythm, "Monty" has blended his American swing roots with traditional and modern European Gypsy Swing styles to create a style that powerful, percussive, swinging and all his own.

Jack has performed in concert with Larry Coryell , Bruce Forman , Howard Alden , Mimi Fox , Andreas Öberg , Simon Planting and many, many others.

An avid guitar collector, Jack plays three Duponts (including the lovely D-hole that was used by Sean Penn in Woody Allen's "Sweet & Lowdown," dubbed "Chocolate Boy."), two Favinos (a vintage 1960's era Jacques Favino, and a Contemporary Jean-Pierre Favino #1077), and also owns several Gibson, Fender and Martin guitars, as well as a Benedetto "La Venezia," and a few old tube amps. Jack currently endorses guitar pickups made by Schatten Design, Savarez Strings and Manouche Guitars, which Jack uses for gigging.