The Montgomery Brothers were a jazz trio consisting of the brothers

Wes Montgomery John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a dist ...

(electric guitar, 1923–1968),

Buddy Montgomery Charles "Buddy" Montgomery (January 30, 1930 – May 14, 2009) was an American jazz vibraphonist and pianist. He was the younger brother of Wes and Monk Montgomery, a guitarist and bassist respectively. Buddy and brother Monk formed The Masters ...

(piano, vibraphone, 1930–2009) and

Monk Montgomery William Howard "Monk" Montgomery (October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982) was an American jazz bassist. He was a pioneer of the electric bass guitar and possibly the first to be recorded playing the instrument when he participated in a 1953 session re ...

(electric bass, double bass, 1921–1982). During the mid-1950s, they were members of the Montgomery-Johnson Quintet with Alonzo Johnson and Robert "Sonny" Johnson. Recordings from these early years, including sessions produced by Quincy Jones in 1955, were released later, most notably as Wes Montgomery's ''In The Beginning'' (Resonance, 2015). From 1957–1960, they recorded as the Mastersounds, then as the Montgomery Brothers.

Discography

*1957: ''The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others'' (

Pacific Jazz Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded ...

) *1960: ''Montgomeryland'' (

) *1961: ''

Groove Yard ''Groove Yard'' is an album by The Montgomery Brothers, released in 1961. Reception In a review for Allmusic, music critic Ken Dryden wrote: "The guitarist and his brothers are in great form throughout the session in spite of the less-than-ide ...

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) *1961: ''The Montgomery Brothers'' (

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) *1961: ''

The Montgomery Brothers in Canada ''The Montgomery Brothers in Canada'' is an album by The Montgomery Brothers, released in 1961. ''The Montgomery Brothers in Canada'' and ''The Montgomery Brothers'' were reissued in 1998 on one CD as a Wes Montgomery release titled ''Groove Broth ...

'' (Fantasy) *1961: ''Love Walked In'' ( Jazzland) *1961: ''Wes, Buddy and Monk Montgomery'' (Pacific Jazz) *1961: ''

George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers ''George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers'' is an album by Anglo-American jazz pianist George Shearing and jazz trio The Montgomery Brothers, released in 1961. Reception In his Allmusic review, music critic Scott Yanow called the album an " ...

'' (Jazzland)

References

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