Biography
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 Mastersounds in the late 1950s and produced ten recordings. When The Mastersounds disbanded, Monk and Buddy joined their brother Wes on a number of Montgomery Brothers recordings, which were mostly arranged by Buddy. They toured together in 1968, and it was in the middle of that tour that Wes died. Buddy continued to compose, arrange, perform, produce, teach and record, producing nine recordings as a leader.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
1960
Bags Meets Wes!
1962
Soul Serenade
2003
The Art Of Storytelling
1999
Groove Yard
1961
In Concert
1959
In The Beginning
2015
Live At Jorgies
1980
Beginnings
1975
Wes And Friends
1973
Bass Odyssey
1971
Wes' Best
1967
George Shearing And The Montgomery Brothers
1961
Kismet
1958
Flower Drum Song
1958
Credited work
446 releases · 102 albums · active 1957–2023
- Performance · 838
- Other credits · 8
- Production · 4
Studios: Plaza Sound Studios · Fantasy Studios · Forum Theatre, Los Angeles · Tsubo
Frequent collaborators
- Wes Montgomery
- Various
- The Mastersounds
- Monk Montgomery
- The Montgomery Brothers
- George Shearing
- The Riverside Reunion Band
- Bobby Hutcherson