# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/monk-montgomery
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:38.686Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/monk-montgomery"
name: "Monk Montgomery"
slug: "monk-montgomery"
description: "William Howard \"Monk\" Montgomery 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 released on The Art Farmer Septet. He was the brother of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery."
tagline: "American jazz bassist (1921–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monk_Montgomery%2C_Sweden%2C_1953..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1921-10-10"
deathDate: "1982-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.31094666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مونك مونتجومري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مونك مونتجومرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "مانک مانتگامری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery"
    title: "Monk Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/89124c60-c9f5-482e-a219-4b0f561d605c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357529"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump