Buddy Montgomery
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Buddy Montgomery (b. Jan. 30, 1930, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz vibraphonist and pianist. He is the youngest brother of Wes and Monk Montgomery.
Buddy first played professionally in 1948; in 1949 he played with Big Joe Turner and soon after with Slide Hampton. After a stint in the Army, where he had his own quartet, he joined Mastersounds as a vibraphonist with his brother Monk. He led the Montgomery-Johnson Quintet with Ray Johnson from 1955 and 1957. His earliest sessions as a leader are from the late 1950s. He played briefly with Miles Davis in 1960, and throughout the 1960s the Montgomery brothers frequently played together. In 1969 he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and taught jazz music locally. Early in the 1980s he moved to Oakland; there he released more solo material and played with the Riverside Reunion Band, Charlie Rouse, David Fathead Newman and Bobby Hutcherson.
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- Swinging with the Mastersounds (Fantasy/OJC, 1960)
- A Date with the Mastersounds (Fantasy/OJC, 1961)
- The Two-Sided Album (Milestone Records, 1968)
- This Rather Than That (Impulse!, 1969)
- Ties (Bean, 1977)
- Of Love (Storyville, 1986)
- Ties of Love (Landmark Records, 1986)
- So Why Not? (Landmark, 1988)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord Jazz, 1991)
- Here Again (Sharp Nine, 1997)
- Icebreaker (Staalplaat, 2001)
- A Love Affair in Paris (Space Time, 2002)
- A Day in the Life (Pony Canyon, 2006)
