# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wes-montgomery
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:39:43.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wes-montgomery"
name: "Wes Montgomery"
slug: "wes-montgomery"
description: "John Leslie \"Wes\" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is most known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy and Monk, as well as organist Melvin Rhyne. His recordings up to 1965 were oriented toward hard bop, soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz."
tagline: "American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wes_Montgomery_(1967).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1923-03-06"
deathDate: "1968-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump