Let's Check Out MONK MONTGOMERY!

[@herescharla]

I SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE this recognition of my uncle 😢 Our family misses them all absolutely every day. Many thanks! Charla Montgomery

[@pdbass]

He was a LEGEND and so important in the history of JAZZ!

[@MykahMontgomeryMusic]

@@pdbass Yes, Aunt! This is a great story. :-). Thank you for sharing it

[@mykahmontgomery8429]

@@MykahMontgomeryMusic I'm an artist too. I just released a single called I Go Crazy. I will be releasing 2 jazz songs I recorded with my grandfather buddy as well. I Go Crazy by Mykah Montgomery

[@timothylawson3262]

Wow that's great, talented uncles pretty cool😎.

[@aszapata10]

I just found your uncles’ music this week and I am floored. Monk’s bravery in embracing the electric bass WAY before it was accepted (in any genre) is the stuff of legend. Hope your family is doing well!

[@mikomon309]

Monk was a stellar human being too. Well loved and well remembered even today. When he pioneered the bass guitar, he faced a TON of ridicule, primarily from the closed-minded Jazz community. He persevered. Monk started the Las Vegas Jazz Society which still exists today. It was Monk who singlehandedly brought Jazz to Vegas. When he arrived in the 70s, he couldn't understand why there was no Jazz in "the entertainment capital of the world". He dedicated his life to changing that. Monk also pioneered the style called Acid Jazz. The album, Bass Odyssey is WAY ahead of its time. Can't say enough about him. I knew him well. He was my Uncle. Thanks for sharing....

[@ericward8010]

Many years ago I got to spend a week at Monk's house in Las Vegas...he would show me Nothing! But his kindness and dedication to practice has left a mark on me. He was making picks from tire rubber!

[@leesystems]

When I was in college I had a jazz radio show for 3 years. I found Wes and then Monk!!!!! Wow!!!! I play bass and hearing him be so melodic was such an ear opener.

[@jazzbrew68]

This may be my personal "Let's Check Out" favorite so far. As an electric bass player trying to find my place in jazz, Monk has always been a favorite. You hipped me to sides I wasn't familiar with! You can bet I'll be grabbing that Art Farmer recording. My favorite recording with Monk would have to be Ballads & Blues by the MasterSounds. I transcribed more than a few lines from it. Stellar work Paul. Thank you.

[@christophercharles9645]

You have to give Lionel Hampton credit for realizing the potential for the electric bass in a big band and even more credit to Monk Montgomery (as well as Roy Johnson) for taking on such a major task! Today it's common for bassist to double, but not only was the new instrument frowned upon by their peers and much of the public jazz audience, but it's not like they had a library of electric bass pedagogy - or KZbin videos - to draw on. Thanks for giving some much-deserved visibility to a great, if oft overlooked, player.

[@bustabass9025]

Great retrospective my friend. Monk opened the door, lotta cats plugged up, and "walked" through. The Montgomery Brothers were a jazz treasure well before jazz was widely treasured.

[@jessenemerofsky8412]

Was my hero and to this day always listen to him, over 50 yrs worth of listening

[@thomasshell9409]

Had to pleasure to meet both Monk and Buddy in the early 80’s. They performed at Rutgers in a tribute concert for Wes. A huge influence for me! He played a Fender Jazz bass, and Buddy played mostly vibes. Thanks for this post!

[@bassocanario]

Consistently excellent content, thank you! Another guy who doesn't get sufficient acknowledgement: Alphonso Johnson! Those MPS records with George Duke and Ndugu Chancler were nice(among many others)!

[@patrickr12342]

Great video. Monk is no stranger, for real jazz fans. Thank you, for your amazing work. I am excited for the next vid.

[@RadityoPramAdi]

thank you for introducing Mr Monk...I will find out more about him

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Great video. Top notch. I only knew about the one album Bass Odyssey (aside from stuff he did with Wes).

[@MrFunkH]

Wow, this is a very important piece of music history. Thank you for bringing his work and legacy to light!

[@oliverdunskus8859]

what a wonderful rendition. Thanks for posting.

[@coleemmersonhallman5329]

thank you so much for introducing me to this amazing player!

[@byrondorsey5419]

You are truly a great bass scholar who knows your music!! You would be an awesome neighbor 😀 👏

[@njoy_9411]

Excellent presentation !!!

[@bigtimelakersfan5836]

Excellent information much appreciated Solid!!!

[@toddhamby]

My favorite KZbin channel ever. What a great presentation and I always learn something. It feels like I’m 15 and talking to my music geek pals when I watch one of videos.

[@jamesoconnell7443]

Thanks PDBASS.

[@notyourordinaryangel_jd]

thanks for sharing. what an incredible story, never knew about him before.

[@halcop]

Excellent content. No one and I mean no one talks about Monk Montgomery when they mention bass players. I'm glad you did.

[@efrenhei4902]

Thank you, greetings from Argentina!

[@MrGolyat1]

I remember Monk and I've been looking for a copy of Reality for years, I tell people of his contributions and they never heard of him. Thanks for doing a show on him.

[@garrycope8923]

Great piece of research. Thank you for the references as well.

[@jackdolphy8965]

Fabulous installment!! 🙏🏽☮️

[@johncrowder9828]

Thanks for doing your history

[@RijoBeats]

Great deep dive

[@glenndjubilee]

Thanks for the video. I have been playing a long time and I have a lot of catching up to do. Your enlightening videos are opening up a new world for me. I'm 67 and am now just beginning to play upright after decades of bass guitar. 5 string upright and I am loving it. You are a great teacher. I have heard of Monk and I will check him out thanks to you.

[@cliffjamerson3107]

Thanks once again for hippin to those albums I’m on the look out

[@willbrandford9607]

One word WOW

[@teddypantelas]

Wonderful Paul! So many things I wasn’t aware of. I know his groove was something else and Solid! When he played with Wes and Buddy there was a serious bond you could feel. His groove on Heartstrings from live at Jorgies makes it. Another great PT video!

[@Guitar6ty]

The amazing thing is Wes and Monk did not have formal lessons and came to their respect instruments relatively late in life. Both left a tremendous legacy for musicians to follow.

[@eliotmccann2589]

BRAVO!! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, as all I knew of Monk Montgomery was his place in history. Hearing his story told so comprehensively is a great start to my Sunday. Thank you!

[@kylestanfield870]

Excellent work

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

Superb, as usual.

[@mikebassy]

Nice one Paul , another great production. I love the Bass odyssey record , Joe sample and sticks hooper and Ketter Betts on upright. Monk looking very cool on the cover , I love that jacket . Even some fuzz bass ! There was a cool photo I saw of monk in his dinner jacket hanging out in his room in Vegas before a gig I assumed

[@TheBassfresh]

Love this one! Not overlooked by me, Monk is my favorite jazz player on fender bass. I've got a fender jazz set up for Monk tone; TI flats and the bridge mute ashtray cover on. Great show last night at VJC btw Paul. Appreciated the hang time and like I said, next time have Eugene reach out and you can use one of my basses, either my upright or one of my fenders, or both, all are set-up meticulously.

[@pdbass]

Thanks, Doug!!

[@santomusic3981]

Well done man. Lest some people forget there was electric bass before Jaco.🙏🏾

[@joebaumgart1146]

Monk is my favorite bass player. I didn't start playing until I was 26. At 30 I've mastered it. Good quality practice 1 hour a day.

[@FAMUCHOLLY]

Great video! Thanks for the knowledge and the education!

[@bcinnamonclark8301]

Ty very much for this informative video

[@reidwhitton6248]

I like Monk's Bass Odyssey album. It has a great cover photo too!

[@MrTennisgolf]

Wow again! I knew a little about Monk Montgomery, since his brother is my favorite guitarist. I will have to see if I still have an LP of the Mastersounds with him on it. Thanks for the history.

[@xyere4984]

Wow I am so inspired to hear Monk's music knew he had played with Wes but didn't know about the albums too cool. Another great informative video,thanks 👍🏽

[@daniellemeyer5159]

Ive been listening to Bass Odyssey for a while. I had no idea he had 3 other albums as a leader. I must find them. Thanks again for the great videos.

[@microdrilling]

Very good video. Great story. Well spoken.

[@JorjoBass]

Man, this is Justice for the History of Bass!

[@mykahmontgomery8429]

Monk Montgomery is/was my granduncle. I am Buddy's granddaughter, Mykah Montgomery. ❤

[@richardrosemusic]

I really enjoy and appreciate your dedication and interest in the history of our instrument and the history of jazz music. This is important stuff for all bass players.

[@alessandroarcuri209]

I have Monk's "Bass Odissey". Really cool record. "Sister Lena" is a very soulful tune.

[@michaelgossett1415]

I appreciate your channel. I learn so much and my appreciation for music and musicians have grown immensely.

[@geanfreitas0611]

Already familiar with Wes, but didn't know the extent of his musical family background! Amazing Monk! I bet "Reality " will be my favorite, let's hope Spotify has it! 😁 Thanks!

[@crow3043]

Thanks for the great recommendation as always. A great electric bass frount man with a great traditional and full song, Its great to see a approach to the tradicional double bass in the electric. Me as a electric bass player was looking for that!

[@Benjybass]

From "The Bass Book" by Bacon + Moorhouse: "Monk said that Hampton liked the sound and volume of this new instrument, because he could hear the bass, really hear the bass. When there's an upright bass in the band, you don't really hear it as much as you feel it....Hamp used to come back to my amp and turn it up. You know how he would prance or parade in front of the band? That happy sound, and he'd be sweating, and the music getting to him...and he'd clap his way over to the amp and turn it up because he wanted more bass, I guess. He liked that sound!"

[@andresega651]

Thank you for bring this great bass player to my attention!

[@selwynandrews9665]

Listening to "Reality" right now! Amazing album, thanks for shining a light on somebody I'd overlooked. But that ends now!

[@Markperna1]

Wow! I have to confess that Monk never really made it onto my radar. Clearly, that was my loss. Thanks for the introduction. I’ll have to do a deep dive!

[@andrewv.l.8908]

Thank you for putting this video together

[@lundsweden]

Great storytelling as usual, gonna check out M.M asap!

[@paulpaul00]

Great!

[@bassomatic6055]

Very nice history of Monk - made me pull out his method book i bought like 40 years ago.

[@bryanthomasbassist]

There is a student in the Jazz Academy in Cleveland who had broken her index finger and was playing bass lines with her thumb. I told her she needed to check out Monk Montgomery. I'm wondering if they're any good videos of him in action that I could share with her. I love how Steve swallow has continued the tradition of the felt pick

[@marioguarini]

Delicious content man, thank you so much man really well done

[@onesixfive]

I have got to get a hold of “reality”! Hot damn! You could have read his Wikipedia and I’d still enjoy it but the amount of research you put into this is obvious. You have done a great historical service to your genre. Just A+ content. Keep doing what you do brother!

[@allen6924]

My goodness I am so glad I subscribed to your channel. I love Wes Montgomery and the band he had with his brothers. Dust know his sister also played with them. But Monk being overlooked just breaks my heart. Now I have to find all his albums too 🤣🤣🤣😂😂. How did I miss him? So focused on Wes. I overlooked his brothers. They were amazing musicians. That's the problem with American and African American history. They focus only on what they want you to believe. Such a sad culture.

[@mikebassy]

Really enjoyed your gigs video, some nice places to play.

[@merrill-el-richmond8649]

had no idea! thank you!!

[@georgefarmerbass]

Great content and info. Thanks for putting this out.

[@tkroll]

Gotta get me one of these new "popular" basses.

[@muchsoul2u]

Great history lesson! I actually have a copy of that old P bass he was playing, it has a very cool sound. Thank you for the enlightenment!

[@jackwilloughby239]

My favorite is "Finger Pickin" featuring the Montgomery Brothers! Great presentation! Came here from the James Jamerson "Pros Listen to the Greatest Bass Line of all time"(What's Going On). I know there has to be a connection between James and Monk. By the way In his autobiography Lionel Hampton states that he invented the Rock and Roll rhythm around 1947 (he was essentially a drummer). So his interest in Electric Bass was really prophetic in a sense. Very cool presentation!

[@michaelstram]

Monk taught Billy Dickens a lot of stuff. We would talk about it often.

[@bassbymichele]

loved your work! as always!! a story that needed to be told! a bass hero Mike

[@umami0247]

Again I'm late to the party but I find your content excellent and you have shown me another great bass player I didn't know about. Thank you.

[@Checkofoto]

Love your channel!!! Keep inspiring.

[@pdbass]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@stephtro1]

My favorite Paul!

[@nicolasthys1751]

Fantastic video. I learned a lot and alreay looked for all the different albums that feat Monk M. Thanx !!!

[@Sonnylovesphotography]

Great choice

[@gf7779311]

Great job! Many Thanks!

[@pensatorseven1898]

Great video.

[@Toracube]

I heard but didn't hear. Thanks for straightening that out.

[@richardwhitehead4684]

Really well done. (Like all your videos, imo) Thank you for this.

[@ValiRossi]

@4:10 The bowing effect that uses a fingering technique is called the tremolo technique in classical and flamenco guitar.

[@anthonydozier6427]

I’ve Always thought that I was the only person who recalled The bass Odyssey album, although, about five years ago I had a conversation with another bass player about who was the first jazz Bassist to record on Fender Bass, and it took him off guard when I said that to the best of my recollection, it was Monk Montgomery. I hadn’t been playing much more than a year when Bass Odyssey was released ( on Arista? ) It was still a hard sell, being a teenager playing A Fender Percision, but that album convinced me that a Percision Bass could be used in jazz as well as the more Pop idioms of that time.

[@mezzoca8110]

Wes was a great guitarist sounds like a family of musical geniuses.

[@zatiticherry3421]

This is so Dope!!! I've always been a big time Wes fan!! I'm going to do some digging; your channel is so awesome Bro!!! Thank You!!!

[@gssong7111]

Great job!

[@justinalec8718]

Bro i love you channel! 🖤

[@caurnelmorgan4934]

Reality!

[@timmyashe7067]

This is great!

[@chowchichang2922]

What’s the name of the first tune in background music … Great research man ! Loving it ❤️… The siblings of great players like( Wes Montgomery ) are usually talented as well … like the Jones brothers (Thad , Hank and Elvin) .

[@pdbass]

That's "Sister Lena" from the Bass Odyssey album from 1971. Thanks so much for watching!

[@grahamt33]

Love your channel PD ! Subscribed. BIG UP THE BASS !!!!!!!

[@charlesboyle9223]

Yet another excellent,informative video. I'm so glad that I discovered your channel! You have a lot of videos that I'm looking forward to catching up on(must check to see if you've done one on the role of the Bass in a big band!?)Thank you so much for your work.

[@Kabayoth]

I like this series! I'm new to the channel, so I might need a nudge in the right direction. Let us discuss the elephant in the room: Bootsy Collins. Bass playing was never the same after this guy strutted onto the stage. Much like the outfits he wears, there's no such thing as "over the top" in his playing. I've since watched a rehearsal or two with him, and the intelligence behind all the gaudy spectacle is maybe his best kept secret to those before the stage. Might it be possible for you to profile him?

[@worksajtube]

Nice... gotta get his tunes

[@terrymiller111]

This channel is great. Nice research. #receipts

[@JerryAttric42]

Monk Montgomery couldn't catch a break. even though he clearly is playing an electric instrument, the cover illustration [5.57] shows a conventual bass. i first heard Monk playing with a group called the Mastersounds in a tribute to Horace Silver. His work was very tasteful and swinging.

[@huansmith]

And don't forget one of the most 'sampleable' bass lines of all times, this album is magic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaiUo6h4gbdoiZo