Monty Budwig
Monty Budwig | |
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Birth name | Monte Rex Budwig |
Born | Pender, Nebraska, United States | December 26, 1929
Died | March 9, 1992 Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California | (aged 62)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Double bass |
Monte Rex Budwig (December 26, 1929 – March 9, 1992) was a West Coast jazz double bassist, professionally known as Monty Budwig.
Early life
[edit]Monte Rex Budwig was born in Pender, Nebraska, on December 26, 1929.[1] His parents were musical.[2] He began playing bass during high school, and continued in military bands while he was enlisted in the Air Force for three years.[3]
Later life and career
[edit]In 1954, Budwig moved to Los Angeles and performed and recorded under the name Monty Budwig with jazz musicians including Carmen McRae, Barney Kessel, Woody Herman, Red Norvo, and Shelly Manne.[3] Budwig played with pianist Vince Guaraldi in the 1960s,[4] including on the pianist's album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus.[5] Budwig was part of Benny Goodman's band for performances in New York, and a tour of Japan in 1964.[1] He also began his career as a studio musician in the 1960s, which encompassed film and television shows, with Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and Judy Garland.[1] Budwig taught jazz bassist Scott Colley, then a teenager.
Budwig toured Australia with Goodman in 1973.[1] He made another international tour in 1974, this time to South America with Carmen McRae.[1] His one recording as a leader was Dig, for Concord Records.[3] He died of liver cancer at home in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, on March 9, 1992.[3][2] He had a son, Darin, with his first wife. He married his second wife, Arlette McCoy, in 1977. His stepson, Dean McCoy, is a teacher and drummer.[2] Arlette McCoy Budwig, a jazz pianist and teacher, died in 2013.[6]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]- Dig (Dobre Records DR1057, 1978)
As sideman
[edit]With Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Finesse (Concord, 1978)
With Chet Baker and Bud Shank
- Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (World Pacific, 1956)
With Gary Burton
- 3 in Jazz (RCA, 1963)
With Herb Alpert
- Midnight Sun (A&M 1992)
With Frank Butler
- The Stepper (Xanadu, 1977)
- Wheelin' and Dealin' (Xanadu, 1978)
With Conte Candoli
- Conte Candoli Quartet (Mode, 1957)
- Sweet Simon (Best Recordings 1992)
With Betty Carter
- 'Round Midnight (Atco, 1963)
With June Christy
- Do-Re-Mi (Capitol, 1961) – with Bob Cooper
With Rosemary Clooney
- Everything's Coming Up Rosie (Concord, 1977)
- Rosie Sings Bing (Concord, 1978)
- Here's to My Lady (Concord, 1978)
- For All We Know (Fresh Sound 1991)
With Sonny Criss
- I'll Catch the Sun! (Prestige, 1969)
With Herb Ellis
- Soft & Mellow (Concord, 1979)
With Bill Evans
- Empathy (Verve, 1962) – with Shelly Manne
With Stan Getz
- The Dolphin (Concord Jazz, 1981)
- Spring Is Here (Concord Jazz, 1981 [1992])
With Vince Guaraldi
- Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Fantasy, 1962)
- Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (Fantasy, 1964)
- From All Sides (Fantasy, 1964) – with Bola Sete
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy, 1965)
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Craft Recordings, 1966)
- It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Lee Mendelson Film Productions, 1969)
With Richie Kamuca and Bill Holman
- Jazz Erotica (West Coast Jazz in Hifi) (Fantasy 1959)
With Stan Kenton
- Stan Kenton Plays for Today (Capitol, 1966)
- The World We Know (Capitol, 1967)
With Barney Kessel
- Kessel Plays Standards (Contemporary, 1954)
- Some Like It Hot (Contemporary, 1959)
With Jimmy Knepper
- Jimmy Knepper in L.A. (Discomate, 1977)
With Stan Levey
- Stan Levey Quintet (Vap 1957)
With Julie London
With Junior Mance
- Straight Ahead! (Capitol, 1964)
With Shelly Manne
- Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)
- The Gambit (Contemporary, 1958)
- Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (Contemporary, 1959)
- Son of Gunn!! (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 1 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 2 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 3 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 4 (Contemporary, 1959)
- At the Black Hawk 5 (Contemporary, 1959 [1991])
- My Son the Jazz Drummer! (Contemporary, 1962)
- My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (Capitol, 1964)
- Manne–That's Gershwin! (Capitol, 1965)
- Boss Sounds! (Atlantic, 1966)
- Jazz Gunn (Atlantic, 1967)
- Perk Up (Concord Jazz, 1967 [1976])
With Charles McPherson
- Free Bop! (Xanadu, 1978)
With Lennie Niehaus
- The Octet # 2 Vol. 3 (Contemporary 1991)
With Joe Pass
- Live at Yoshi's (Pablo, 1992)
- Nuages (Live at Yoshi's, vol. 2) (Pablo, 1997)
With Art Pepper
- Surf Ride (Savoy, 1952-1954 [1956])
With Spike Robinson
- Reminiscin (Dedicated to Monty Budwig) (Capri 1992)
With Spike Robinson and Harry "Sweets" Edison
- Jusa Bit 'O' Blues (Capri 1989)
- Jusa Bit 'O' Blues Vol. 2 (Capri 1990)
With Shorty Rogers
- Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor, 1957)
With Bola Sete
- The Incomparable Bola Sete (Fantasy, 1964)
With Bud Shank
- California Concert (Contemporary, 1985) with Shorty Rogers
With Zoot Sims
- Hawthorne Nights (Pablo, 1977)
- On The Korner (Pablo 1994)
With Ira Sullivan
- Multimedia (Galaxy Music, 1978 [1982])
With Supersax
- Supersax & L.A. Voices - The Complete Edition (CBS 1990)
With Cal Tjader
- Breathe Easy (Galaxy, 1977)
With Sarah Vaughan
- Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet (Mainstream, 1974)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (1999). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-19-507418-5.His full birthname was Monte Rex Budwig, although he performed and recorded as Monty Budwig.
- ^ a b c "Monty Budwig, 62; Veteran L.A. Jazz Bass Player". Los Angeles Times. March 11, 1992.
- ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott. "Monty Budwig". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Ginnell, Richard S. "Vince Guaraldi / Vince Guaraldi Trio: Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Gourse, Leslie, (1995), Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists, Oxford University Press, p. 242, ISBN 0-19-508696-1
- 1926 births
- 1992 deaths
- Cool jazz double-bassists
- American jazz double-bassists
- American male double-bassists
- West Coast jazz double-bassists
- People from Pender, Nebraska
- 20th-century American musicians
- Jazz musicians from Nebraska
- 20th-century double-bassists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians