Monk Montgomery

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Monk Montgomery was an American jazz bassist known for pioneering the electric bass in jazz ensembles and for his work with the Mastersounds and the Montgomery Brothers.

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Monk Montgomery canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bassist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Buddy Montgomery ⓘ
The Mastersounds ⓘ
The Montgomery Brothers ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-10-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-05-20 ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Montgomery ⓘ
fullName William Howard Montgomery ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenceOn development of electric bass in jazz ⓘ
instrument double bass ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ
memberOf The Mastersounds ⓘ
The Montgomery Brothers ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Monk ⓘ
notableAchievement among the first jazz bassists to record on electric bass ⓘ
pioneered the use of electric bass in jazz ensembles ⓘ
notableAlbum Bass Odyssey ⓘ
Reality ⓘ
notableRole leader of his own jazz groups ⓘ
sideman with various jazz artists ⓘ
notableWork The Mastersounds (group recordings) ⓘ
The Montgomery Brothers (group recordings) ⓘ
occupation bassist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⓘ
linked to: Las Vegas, Nevada
recordLabel Pacific Jazz Records ⓘ
World Pacific Records ⓘ
residence Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⓘ
linked to: Las Vegas, Nevada
sibling Buddy Montgomery ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wes Montgomery → sibling → Monk Montgomery ⓘ
John Leslie Montgomery → sibling → Monk Montgomery ⓘ
Wes Montgomery → sibling → Monk Montgomery ⓘ
subject linked to: Wes
The Montgomery Brothers → hasMember → Monk Montgomery ⓘ
Buddy Montgomery → sibling → Monk Montgomery ⓘ
Wes Montgomery → hasSibling → Monk Montgomery ⓘ
subject linked to: John