Charles “Buddy” Montgomery(January 30, 1930 – May 14, 2009) was an AmericanJazz vibraphonist and pianistHe is a guitarist.Wes Montgomeryand bassistMonk MontgomeryBuddy and his brother Monk met in the late 1950s.Master SoundsThey formed the band and produced 10 records.
When the Mastersounds broke up, Monk and Buddy, along with their brother Wes,Montgomery BrothersHe recorded with Wes on the 1960s, most of which Buddy arranged. They toured together in 1968, during which Wes died. Buddy continued to write, arrange, play, produce, teach and record, making nine records as a leader.
Buddy first performed professionally in 1948 and in 1949Big Joe TurnerAnd soon afterSlide HamptonAfter serving in the Army and forming his own quartet, in 1957 he joined forces with his brother Monk and pianistRichie CrabtreedrummerBenny BarthHe joined Mastersounds as a vibraphonist.
From 1955 to 1957, saxophonistAlonzo “Pookie” JohnsonAlong with“Montgomery-Johnson Quintet”Montgomery’s earliest sessions as a leader were held in the late 1950s.
In 1960Miles DavisAfter the death of Wes Montgomery in 1968, Buddy became active as a jazz educator and advocate, founding organizations that offered jazz classes and free concerts in Milwaukee, where he lived from 1969 to 1982, and in Oakland, California, where he spent most of the 1980s.
He died of a heart attack in Palmdale, California, at the age of 79.
Discography
The Mastersounds
・Jazz Showcase (World Pacific, 1957)
・The King and I (World Pacific, 1957)
・Kismet (World Pacific, 1958) with Wes Montgomery
・Flower Drum Song (World Pacific, 1958)
・Ballads & Blues (World Pacific, 1959)
・The Mastersounds in Concert (World Pacific, 1959)
・Happy Holidays from Many Lands (World Pacific, 1959)
・The Mastersounds Play Horace Silver (World Pacific, 1960)
・Swinging with the Mastersounds (Fantasy, 1961)
・The Mastersounds on Tour (1961)
・A Date with The Mastersounds (Fantasy, 1961)
Buddy Montgomery
・The Two-Sided Album (Milestone, 1968)
・This Rather Than That (Impulse!, 1969)
・Ties (Bean, 1977) ・Ties of Love (Landmark, 1986)
・So Why Not? (Landmark, 1988)
・Live at Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord Jazz, 1991)
・Here Again (Sharp Nine, 1997)
・Icebreaker (Steel Plate, 2001)
・A Love Affair in Paris (Space Time, 2002)
・A Day in the Life (Pony Canyon, 2006)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Personage
The Man I Love (Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA / 1991)
The Night Has Thousand Eyes
All The Things You Are
The Montgomery Brothers – just for now
Mykah (Rare Jazz Funk Instrumental Vinyl Rip)
Darrah
My Ideal
So Why Not – single
