William Howard "Monk" Montgomery (October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982) was an American jazz bassist.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, into a musical family, Monk had three brothers and a sister. His older brother Thomas played drums, and died at 16. Monk played double bass, and gave his younger brother Wes (born 1923) a tenor guitar when Wes was 11 or 12. Wes took up the electric g ... Show More