{"id":1430,"date":"2010-01-12T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2013-10-08T19:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T19:04:05","slug":"monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/","title":{"rendered":"Monk Montgomery, pionnier du groove \u00e9lectrique"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1434\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/monk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/monk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/monk.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"192,187\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Monk Montgomery\" data-image-description data-image-caption=\"<p>Monk Montgomery jouant une Fender Jazz Bass typique de la p\u00e9riode 1966<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/monk.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1434\" title=\"Monk Montgomery\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/monk.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"187\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry jouant une Fen\u00adder Jazz Bass typique de la p\u00e9riode 1966<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Voi\u00adl\u00e0 un Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry qui n\u2019a pas eu la recon\u00adnais\u00adsance de son propre fr\u00e8re, l\u2019illustre gui\u00adta\u00adriste de jazz Wes Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Le troi\u00adsi\u00e8me fr\u00e8re, le ben\u00adja\u00admin, Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, vibra\u00adpho\u00adniste (\u00e0 noter qu\u2019on le trouve au pia\u00adno sur des ses\u00adsions tar\u00addives des ann\u00e9es 1990, alors que Roy Ayers tient les mailloches !), a pro\u00adba\u00adble\u00adment subi le m\u00eame sort, se reti\u00adrant qua\u00adsi\u00adment de la sc\u00e8ne pour vivre de l\u2019en\u00adsei\u00adgne\u00adment de la musique et de ses\u00adsions en studio.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est par une <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s9idtdWAAEA\">inter\u00adview de Carol Kaye<\/a> au site BassPlayer.tv que j\u2019ai pu d\u00e9cou\u00advrir William Howard \u201cMonk\u201d Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (1921\u200a\u2013\u200a1982), qu\u2019elle qua\u00adli\u00adfie de pion\u00adnier de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique au sein des for\u00adma\u00adtions Big Band Jazz, eu \u00e9gard au fait que Jaco Pas\u00adto\u00adrius r\u00e9colte tous les hon\u00adneurs en tant que bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique vir\u00adtuose de la sph\u00e8re jazz-fusion&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPeople don\u2019t know but one of the first players of the elec\u00adtric bass was Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. He went on the road with Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton\u2019s band, playing the elec\u00adtric bass, back in the fif\u00adties. He\u2019s the first one that used elec\u00adtric bass, I think, in the Big Band. It soun\u00added good,&nbsp;too!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(\u201cLes gens l\u2019i\u00adgnorent mais l\u2019un des pre\u00admiers joueur de basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u00e9tait Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Il a accom\u00adpa\u00adgn\u00e9 l\u2019or\u00adchestre de Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton, en jouant de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique, c\u2019\u00e9\u00adtait dans les ann\u00e9es 1950. Il est le tout pre\u00admier \u00e0 avoir uti\u00adli\u00ads\u00e9 la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte de Big Band. Et \u00e7a sonnait!\u201d).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>La l\u00e9gende qui fait de Bill Black, contre\u00adbas\u00adsiste d\u2019El\u00advis Pres\u00adley, le pre\u00admier bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique prend du plomb dans l\u2019aile. Un des pre\u00admiers du rock, sans doute, pas de la musique. \u00c0 l\u2019ins\u00adtar de la plu\u00adpart des pion\u00adniers de la basse, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry \u00e9tait un trans\u00adfuge de la contre\u00adbasse (tan\u00addis que Carol Kaye vient de la guitare).<\/p>\n<p>Cepen\u00addant, \u00e0 l\u2019in\u00adverse de James Jamer\u00adson, qui avait abor\u00add\u00e9 l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en d\u00e9cal\u00adquant tota\u00adle\u00adment la tech\u00adnique de la contre\u00adbasse (ten\u00adsion \u00e9norme des cordes, jeu au doigt en cro\u00adchet), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tente de l\u2019a\u00adbor\u00adder comme un ins\u00adtru\u00adment enti\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment neuf. Il n\u2019est pas rare, d\u2019a\u00adpr\u00e8s les pho\u00adtos, de le voir jouer d\u2019une fa\u00e7on h\u00e9t\u00e9\u00adro\u00addoxe (le point de rep\u00e8re \u00e9tant la mani\u00e8re de jouer com\u00admune d\u2019au\u00adjourd\u2019\u00adhui), en uti\u00adli\u00adsant son pouce. L\u00e0 encore, la magie op\u00e8re sans arti\u00adfices. Point de prouesses tech\u00adniques (pas de slap et d\u2019a\u00adva\u00adlanches de notes, encore moins de <em>tap\u00adping<\/em> \u00e0 trois mains), peu de notes et bien pos\u00e9es, avec du silence et de la syn\u00adcope, en veux-tu en voi\u00adl\u00e0&nbsp;! Il en est de Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry comme de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2008\/09\/26\/motown-carole-kaye-ou-james-jamerson\/\">Jamer\u00adson<\/a>&nbsp;: il y a peu de notes, mais si par\u00adfai\u00adte\u00adment pla\u00adc\u00e9es qu\u2019elles sont ryth\u00admi\u00adque\u00adment dif\u00adfi\u00adcile \u00e0 ex\u00e9\u00adcu\u00adter (les lec\u00adteurs, dans une moindre pro\u00adpor\u00adtion les d\u00e9chif\u00adfreurs de sol\u00adf\u00e8ge tire\u00adront alors grand b\u00e9n\u00e9\u00adfice des indi\u00adca\u00adtions de rythme et de mesures).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1445\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/the-mastersounds-fantasy-cd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"398,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Mastersounds - Fantasy CD\" data-image-description data-image-caption=\"<p>The Mastersounds, formation des fr\u00e8res Montgomery cr\u00e9\u00e9e \u00e0 Seattle<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1445\" title=\"The Mastersounds - Fantasy CD\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/The-Mastersounds-Fantasy-CD-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mas\u00adter\u00adsounds, for\u00adma\u00adtion des fr\u00e8res Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry cr\u00e9\u00e9e \u00e0 Seattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Car, on aurait ten\u00addance \u00e0 l\u2019ou\u00adblier, faute de pers\u00adpec\u00adtive his\u00adto\u00adrique suf\u00adfi\u00adsante, tant nous sommes fami\u00adliers de ces ins\u00adtru\u00adments \u00e0 la fois modernes et si r\u00e9cents, m\u00eame dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u2013 entr\u00e9e alors dans la langue popu\u00adlaire musi\u00adcale comme la \u201cFen\u00adder Bass\u201d \u2013 est quelque chose d\u2019\u00e9\u00adtrange, fas\u00adci\u00adnant&nbsp;: on peine presque \u00e0 croire que cette planche \u00e0 quatre corde va rem\u00adpla\u00adcer la contre\u00adbasse dans les orchestres modernes. Les pro\u00adpos de Chuck Rai\u00adney sur sa pre\u00admi\u00e8re basse per\u00admettent de prendre la mesure du carac\u00adt\u00e8re excep\u00adtion\u00adnel de l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en ce temps (ce devait \u00eatre comme pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder un s\u00e9quen\u00adceur tac\u00adtile de nos jour, l\u2019ob\u00adjet fran\u00adche\u00adment extra-terrestre)&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSince I was playing single notes, someone sug\u00adges\u00adted that I get a bass. And I did that&nbsp;; my parents got it for me. I got a Fen\u00adder bass, and I was the only per\u00adson in Young\u00adstown, Ohio at that time that had a Fen\u00adder bass. [Laughs]. And, of course, the band I was in got a lot of atten\u00adtion because of the ins\u00adtru\u00adment. You know the Fen\u00adder bass was a rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adly new instrument.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(\u201cComme je jouais note-\u00e0-note, quel\u00adqu\u2019un me sug\u00adg\u00e9\u00adra de trou\u00adver une basse. Et je l\u2019ai fait&nbsp;; mes parents m\u2019en ont pay\u00e9 une. J\u2019ai eu une basse Fen\u00adder, et &nbsp;j\u2019\u00e9\u00adtais la seule per\u00adsonne de Young\u00adstown, Ohio, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque, \u00e0 pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder une basse Fen\u00adder. [rires]. Et bien enten\u00addu, le groupe et moi-m\u00eame gagnions beau\u00adcoup d\u2019at\u00adten\u00adtion du fait de cet ins\u00adtru\u00adment. Vous savez, la basse Fen\u00adder \u00e9tait un ins\u00adtru\u00adment rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adment nou\u00adveau.\u201d) <\/em>(ndr&nbsp;: on situe son d\u00e9but \u00e0 la basse vers&nbsp;1958)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1433\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/c4954\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Mastersounds Montgomery\" data-image-description data-image-caption=\"<p>The Mastersounds, 1957<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1433\" title=\"The Mastersounds Montgomery\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/c4954-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mas\u00adter\u00adsounds, 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reve\u00adnons \u00e0 Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, qui, outre ses fonc\u00adtions d\u2019ac\u00adcom\u00adpa\u00adgna\u00adteur, a pro\u00adduit quelques opus o\u00f9 la basse emm\u00e8ne les th\u00e8mes. Signa\u00adlons, en 1957, avec les Mas\u00adter\u00adsounds, <em>Water\u2019s Edge<\/em>, qui comp\u00adtait \u00e0 sa for\u00adma\u00adtion Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (vibra\u00adphone), Richie Crab\u00adtree (pia\u00adno), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique Fen\u00adder), Ben\u00adny Barth (bat\u00adte\u00adrie). Sur la pochette, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tient une basse Fen\u00adder typique de la p\u00e9riode 1951\u200a\u2013\u200a1954&nbsp;: forme issue de la gui\u00adtare Tele\u00adcas\u00adter, t\u00eate cou\u00adp\u00e9e qua\u00adsi droite, capots chro\u00adm\u00e9s sur le micro et le che\u00adva\u00adlet, tam\u00adpon-\u00e9touf\u00adfoir en mousse sous les cordes). On note\u00adra d\u2019ailleurs la qua\u00adsi publi\u00adci\u00adt\u00e9 pour l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment (lieu com\u00admun de l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque), puis\u00adqu\u2019il est le seul \u00e0 faire appa\u00adra\u00eetre le sien et \u00e0 le nom\u00admer par la marque dans les cr\u00e9\u00addits du disque (cf&nbsp;supra).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1436\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110.L.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110-l\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110.L.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"417,364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"it's never too late\" data-image-description data-image-caption=\"<p>r\u00e9\u00e9dition cd de It's never too late (Mo Jazz)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110.L.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1436\" title=\"it's never too late\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110.L.jpg\" width=\"417\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110.L.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/e6e2eb6709a0abc0cf724110.L-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">r\u00e9\u00e9di\u00adtion cd de It\u2019s never too late (Mo&nbsp;Jazz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>En 1969, c\u2019est la paru\u00adtion de <em>It\u2019s never too late<\/em>, chez Motown Records (tiens en par\u00adlant de Jamer\u00adson !). L\u2019al\u00adbum est essen\u00adtiel\u00adle\u00adment consti\u00adtu\u00e9 de titres et stan\u00addards jazz (dans le style Broad\u00adway, Nan\u00adcy Hamil\u00adton et Mor\u00adgan Lewis) et soul, issus du cata\u00adlogue Motown (Ste\u00advie Won\u00adder). On retien\u00addra la par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion du saxophoniste\/bassiste <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2009\/04\/20\/wilton-felder-kool-jazz-et-les-indispensables-vinyls\/\">Wil\u00adton Fel\u00adder<\/a> (Motown West Coast, sec\u00adtion dite \u201cMo-West\u201d) aux arran\u00adge\u00adments de <em>Can we talk to&nbsp;you&nbsp;?<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1451\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/monkmontgomery\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MonkMontgomery\" data-image-description data-image-caption=\"<p>A Bass Odyssey (1971)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1451\" title=\"MonkMontgomery\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Bass Odys\u00adsey (1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>En 1971 para\u00eet son deuxi\u00e8me opus solo, cette fois sous le label Chi\u00adsa, mais tou\u00adjours au sein de Motown Records&nbsp;: <em>A Bass Odys\u00adsey<\/em>. Il pose fi\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment avec une Fen\u00adder Jazz Bass et l\u2019am\u00adpli seyant. C\u2019est \u00e0 presque cin\u00adquante ann\u00e9es qu\u2019il explore tou\u00adjours plus loin les pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adt\u00e9s de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte jazz, \u00e0 par\u00adtir de ses propres com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions jazz (une seule est sign\u00e9e de son fr\u00e8re Bud\u00addy). Comme je ne peux vous indi\u00adquer de liens d\u2019\u00e9\u00adcoute vers Spo\u00adti\u00adfy, je vous invite \u00e0 \u00e9cou\u00adter <em>Jour\u00adney to the Bot\u00adtom<\/em> sur YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZI3lhVYQGXk<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1452\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/monkmontgomery_reality\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MonkMontgomery_Reality\" data-image-description data-image-caption=\"<p>Reality (1974)<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1452\" title=\"MonkMontgomery_Reality\" alt src=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/MonkMontgomery_Reality-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rea\u00adli\u00adty (1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00c0 \u00e9cou\u00adter aus\u00adsi, son der\u00adnier opus, <em>Rea\u00adli\u00adty<\/em> (1974), paru chez Phi\u00adla\u00addel\u00adphia Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Records, qui tend r\u00e9so\u00adlu\u00adment vers le funk old school comme on l\u2019aime (de la wah-wah, du cla\u00advi\u00adnet, des cuivres qui suintent&nbsp;: on n\u2019est pas loin des <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2009\/03\/04\/herbie-hancock-discographie-copieuse\/\">HeadHun\u00adters<\/a> (avec Her\u00adbie Han\u00adcock et sans)&nbsp;et des <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2009\/06\/14\/the-bar-kays-dotis-a-la-funk-synthetique-doublee-nylon\/\">Bar-Kays<\/a> p\u00e9riode <em>Got\u00adta Groove<\/em> (1969).<\/p>\n<p>Sur ce, comme je d\u00e9couvre moi aus\u00adsi, humble m\u00e9lo\u00admane mais non moins mono\u00adma\u00adniaque, je vais musar\u00adder sur la toile en qu\u00eate de mat\u00e9riau\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Bonne \u00e9coute&nbsp;!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources consul\u00adt\u00e9es&nbsp;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassguitar.com\/william-howard-montgomery.html\">http:\/\/www.bassguitar.com\/william-howard-montgomery.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bassplayer.com\/article\/will-lee-interviews\/feb-97\/6962\">http:\/\/www.bassplayer.com\/article\/will-lee-interviews\/feb-97\/6962<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassplaying.com\/?q=node\/210\">http:\/\/bassplaying.com\/?q=node\/210<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshsoundrecords.com\/record.php?record_id=4954\">http:\/\/www.freshsoundrecords.com\/record.php?record_id=4954 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monk_Montgomery\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monk_Montgomery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myjazzworld.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/monk-montgomery-reality.html\">http:\/\/myjazzworld.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/monk-montgomery-reality.html<\/a> ( note&nbsp;: consul\u00adt\u00e9 le 12 jan\u00advier 2010, blog inac\u00adtif au 24 f\u00e9vrier 2010)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voi\u00adl\u00e0 un Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry qui n\u2019a pas eu la recon\u00adnais\u00adsance de son propre fr\u00e8re, l\u2019illustre gui\u00adta\u00adriste de jazz Wes Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Le troi\u00adsi\u00e8me fr\u00e8re, le ben\u00adja\u00admin, Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, vibra\u00adpho\u00adniste (\u00e0 noter qu\u2019on le trouve au pia\u00adno sur des ses\u00adsions tar\u00addives des ann\u00e9es 1990, alors que Roy Ayers tient les mailloches !), a pro\u00adba\u00adble\u00adment subi le m\u00eame sort, se reti\u00adrant qua\u00adsi\u00adment de la sc\u00e8ne pour vivre de l\u2019en\u00adsei\u00adgne\u00adment de la musique et de ses\u00adsions en stu\u00addio. C\u2019est par une inter\u00adview de Carol Kaye au site BassPlayer.tv que j\u2019ai pu d\u00e9cou\u00advrir William Howard \u201cMonk\u201d Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (1921 \u2013 1982), qu\u2019elle qua\u00adli\u00adfie de pion\u00adnier de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique au sein des for\u00adma\u00adtions Big Band Jazz, eu \u00e9gard au fait que Jaco Pas\u00adto\u00adrius r\u00e9colte tous les hon\u00adneurs en tant que bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique vir\u00adtuose de la sph\u00e8re jazz-fusion&nbsp;: \u201cPeople don\u2019t know but one of the first players of the elec\u00adtric bass was Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. He went on the road with Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton\u2019s band, playing the elec\u00adtric bass, back in the fif\u00adties. He\u2019s the first one that used elec\u00adtric bass, I think, in the Big Band. It soun\u00added good,&nbsp;too!\u201d (\u201cLes gens l\u2019i\u00adgnorent mais l\u2019un des pre\u00admiers joueur de basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u00e9tait Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Il a accom\u00adpa\u00adgn\u00e9 l\u2019or\u00adchestre de Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton, en jouant de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique, c\u2019\u00e9\u00adtait dans les ann\u00e9es 1950. Il est le tout pre\u00admier \u00e0 avoir uti\u00adli\u00ads\u00e9 la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte de Big Band. Et \u00e7a son\u00adnait!\u201d). La l\u00e9gende qui fait de Bill Black, contre\u00adbas\u00adsiste d\u2019El\u00advis Pres\u00adley, le pre\u00admier bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique prend du plomb dans l\u2019aile. Un des pre\u00admiers du rock, sans doute, pas de la musique. \u00c0 l\u2019ins\u00adtar de la plu\u00adpart des pion\u00adniers de la basse, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry \u00e9tait un trans\u00adfuge de la contre\u00adbasse (tan\u00addis que Carol Kaye vient de la gui\u00adtare). Cepen\u00addant, \u00e0 l\u2019in\u00adverse de James Jamer\u00adson, qui avait abor\u00add\u00e9 l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en d\u00e9cal\u00adquant tota\u00adle\u00adment la tech\u00adnique de la contre\u00adbasse (ten\u00adsion \u00e9norme des cordes, jeu au doigt en cro\u00adchet), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tente de l\u2019a\u00adbor\u00adder comme un ins\u00adtru\u00adment enti\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment neuf. Il n\u2019est pas rare, d\u2019a\u00adpr\u00e8s les pho\u00adtos, de le voir jouer d\u2019une fa\u00e7on h\u00e9t\u00e9\u00adro\u00addoxe (le point de rep\u00e8re \u00e9tant la mani\u00e8re de jouer com\u00admune d\u2019au\u00adjourd\u2019\u00adhui), en uti\u00adli\u00adsant son pouce. L\u00e0 encore, la magie op\u00e8re sans arti\u00adfices. Point de prouesses tech\u00adniques (pas de slap et d\u2019a\u00adva\u00adlanches de notes, encore moins de tap\u00adping \u00e0 trois mains), peu de notes et bien pos\u00e9es, avec du silence et de la syn\u00adcope, en veux-tu en voi\u00adl\u00e0&nbsp;! Il en est de Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry comme de Jamer\u00adson&nbsp;: il y a peu de notes, mais si par\u00adfai\u00adte\u00adment pla\u00adc\u00e9es qu\u2019elles sont ryth\u00admi\u00adque\u00adment dif\u00adfi\u00adcile \u00e0 ex\u00e9\u00adcu\u00adter (les lec\u00adteurs, dans une moindre pro\u00adpor\u00adtion les d\u00e9chif\u00adfreurs de sol\u00adf\u00e8ge tire\u00adront alors grand b\u00e9n\u00e9\u00adfice des indi\u00adca\u00adtions de rythme et de mesures). Car, on aurait ten\u00addance \u00e0 l\u2019ou\u00adblier, faute de pers\u00adpec\u00adtive his\u00adto\u00adrique suf\u00adfi\u00adsante, tant nous sommes fami\u00adliers de ces ins\u00adtru\u00adments \u00e0 la fois modernes et si r\u00e9cents, m\u00eame dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u2013 entr\u00e9e alors dans la langue popu\u00adlaire musi\u00adcale comme la \u201cFen\u00adder Bass\u201d \u2013 est quelque chose d\u2019\u00e9\u00adtrange, fas\u00adci\u00adnant&nbsp;: on peine presque \u00e0 croire que cette planche \u00e0 quatre corde va rem\u00adpla\u00adcer la contre\u00adbasse dans les orchestres modernes. Les pro\u00adpos de Chuck Rai\u00adney sur sa pre\u00admi\u00e8re basse per\u00admettent de prendre la mesure du carac\u00adt\u00e8re excep\u00adtion\u00adnel de l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en ce temps (ce devait \u00eatre comme pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder un s\u00e9quen\u00adceur tac\u00adtile de nos jour, l\u2019ob\u00adjet fran\u00adche\u00adment extra-ter\u00adrestre)&nbsp;: \u201cSince I was playing single notes, someone sug\u00adges\u00adted that I get a bass. And I did that&nbsp;; my parents got it for me. I got a Fen\u00adder bass, and I was the only per\u00adson in Young\u00adstown, Ohio at that time that had a Fen\u00adder bass. [Laughs]. And, of course, the band I was in got a lot of atten\u00adtion because of the ins\u00adtru\u00adment. You know the Fen\u00adder bass was a rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adly new ins\u00adtru\u00adment.\u201d (\u201cComme je jouais note-\u00e0-note, quel\u00adqu\u2019un me sug\u00adg\u00e9\u00adra de trou\u00adver une basse. Et je l\u2019ai fait&nbsp;; mes parents m\u2019en ont pay\u00e9 une. J\u2019ai eu une basse Fen\u00adder, et &nbsp;j\u2019\u00e9\u00adtais la seule per\u00adsonne de Young\u00adstown, Ohio, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque, \u00e0 pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder une basse Fen\u00adder. [rires]. Et bien enten\u00addu, le groupe et moi-m\u00eame gagnions beau\u00adcoup d\u2019at\u00adten\u00adtion du fait de cet ins\u00adtru\u00adment. Vous savez, la basse Fen\u00adder \u00e9tait un ins\u00adtru\u00adment rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adment nou\u00adveau.\u201d) (ndr&nbsp;: on situe son d\u00e9but \u00e0 la basse vers&nbsp;1958) Reve\u00adnons \u00e0 Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, qui, outre ses fonc\u00adtions d\u2019ac\u00adcom\u00adpa\u00adgna\u00adteur, a pro\u00adduit quelques opus o\u00f9 la basse emm\u00e8ne les th\u00e8mes. Signa\u00adlons, en 1957, avec les Mas\u00adter\u00adsounds, Water\u2019s Edge, qui comp\u00adtait \u00e0 sa for\u00adma\u00adtion Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (vibra\u00adphone), Richie Crab\u00adtree (pia\u00adno), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique Fen\u00adder), Ben\u00adny Barth (bat\u00adte\u00adrie). Sur la pochette, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tient une basse Fen\u00adder typique de la p\u00e9riode 1951 \u2013 1954&nbsp;: forme issue de la gui\u00adtare Tele\u00adcas\u00adter, t\u00eate cou\u00adp\u00e9e qua\u00adsi droite, capots chro\u00adm\u00e9s sur le micro et le che\u00adva\u00adlet, tam\u00ad\u00adpon-\u00e9touf\u00ad\u00adfoir en mousse sous les cordes). On note\u00adra d\u2019ailleurs la qua\u00adsi publi\u00adci\u00adt\u00e9 pour l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment (lieu com\u00admun de l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque), puis\u00adqu\u2019il est le seul \u00e0 faire appa\u00adra\u00eetre le sien et \u00e0 le nom\u00admer par la marque dans les cr\u00e9\u00addits du disque (cf&nbsp;supra). En 1969, c\u2019est la paru\u00adtion de It\u2019s never too late, chez Motown Records (tiens en par\u00adlant de Jamer\u00adson !). L\u2019al\u00adbum est essen\u00adtiel\u00adle\u00adment consti\u00adtu\u00e9 de titres et stan\u00addards jazz (dans le style Broad\u00adway, Nan\u00adcy Hamil\u00adton et Mor\u00adgan Lewis) et soul, issus du cata\u00adlogue Motown (Ste\u00advie Won\u00adder). On retien\u00addra la par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion du saxophoniste\/bassiste Wil\u00adton Fel\u00adder (Motown West Coast, sec\u00adtion dite \u201cMo-West\u201d) aux arran\u00adge\u00adments de Can we talk to&nbsp;you&nbsp;? En 1971 para\u00eet son deuxi\u00e8me opus solo, cette fois sous le label Chi\u00adsa, mais tou\u00adjours au sein de Motown Records&nbsp;: A Bass Odys\u00adsey. Il pose fi\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment avec une Fen\u00adder Jazz Bass et l\u2019am\u00adpli seyant. C\u2019est \u00e0 presque cin\u00adquante ann\u00e9es qu\u2019il explore tou\u00adjours plus loin les pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adt\u00e9s de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte jazz, \u00e0 par\u00adtir de ses propres com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions jazz (une seule est sign\u00e9e de son fr\u00e8re Bud\u00addy). Comme je ne peux vous indi\u00adquer de liens d\u2019\u00e9\u00adcoute vers Spo\u00adti\u00adfy, je vous invite \u00e0 \u00e9cou\u00adter Jour\u00adney to the Bot\u00adtom sur You\u00adTube. httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZI3lhVYQGXk \u00c0 \u00e9cou\u00adter aus\u00adsi, son der\u00adnier opus, Rea\u00adli\u00adty (1974), paru chez Phi\u00adla\u00addel\u00adphia Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Records, qui tend r\u00e9so\u00adlu\u00adment vers le funk old school comme on l\u2019aime (de la wah-wah, du cla\u00advi\u00adnet, des cuivres qui suintent&nbsp;: on n\u2019est pas loin des HeadHun\u00adters (avec Her\u00adbie Han\u00adcock et sans)&nbsp;et des Bar-Kays p\u00e9riode Got\u00adta Groove (1969). Sur ce, comme je d\u00e9couvre moi aus\u00adsi, humble m\u00e9lo\u00admane mais non moins mono\u00adma\u00adniaque, je vais musar\u00adder sur la toile en qu\u00eate de mat\u00e9\u00adriau\u2026 Bonne \u00e9coute&nbsp;! Sources consul\u00adt\u00e9es&nbsp;: http:\/\/www.bassguitar.com\/william-howard-montgomery.html http:\/\/www.bassplayer.com\/article\/will-lee-interviews\/feb-97\/6962 http:\/\/bassplaying.com\/?q=node\/210 http:\/\/www.freshsoundrecords.com\/record.php?record_id=4954 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monk_Montgomery http:\/\/myjazzworld.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/monk-montgomery-reality.html ( note&nbsp;: consul\u00adt\u00e9 le 12 jan\u00advier 2010, blog inac\u00adtif au 24 f\u00e9vrier 2010)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,34,50,96,2,9,97,64,14,25,3,32,83,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bar-kays","category-basse","category-contrebasse","category-disques","category-fender","category-figures-de-la-soul","category-funk","category-guitare","category-herbie-hancock","category-jazz","category-motown","category-musique","category-pianiste","category-roy-ayers","category-stax"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monk Montgomery, pionnier du groove \u00e9lectrique - Dispatch\/Box<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monk Montgomery, pionnier du groove \u00e9lectrique - Dispatch\/Box\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Voi\u00adl\u00e0 un Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry qui n\u2019a pas eu la recon\u00adnais\u00adsance de son propre fr\u00e8re, l\u2019illustre gui\u00adta\u00adriste de jazz Wes Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Le troi\u00adsi\u00e8me fr\u00e8re, le ben\u00adja\u00admin, Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, vibra\u00adpho\u00adniste (\u00e0 noter qu\u2019on le trouve au pia\u00adno sur des ses\u00adsions tar\u00addives des ann\u00e9es 1990, alors que Roy Ayers tient les mailloches !), a pro\u00adba\u00adble\u00adment subi le m\u00eame sort, se reti\u00adrant qua\u00adsi\u00adment de la sc\u00e8ne pour vivre de l\u2019en\u00adsei\u00adgne\u00adment de la musique et de ses\u00adsions en studio. C\u2019est par une inter\u00adview de Carol Kaye au site BassPlayer.tv que j\u2019ai pu d\u00e9cou\u00advrir William Howard \u201cMonk\u201d Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (1921\u200a\u2013\u200a1982), qu\u2019elle qua\u00adli\u00adfie de pion\u00adnier de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique au sein des for\u00adma\u00adtions Big Band Jazz, eu \u00e9gard au fait que Jaco Pas\u00adto\u00adrius r\u00e9colte tous les hon\u00adneurs en tant que bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique vir\u00adtuose de la sph\u00e8re jazz-fusion&nbsp;: \u201cPeople don\u2019t know but one of the first players of the elec\u00adtric bass was Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. He went on the road with Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton\u2019s band, playing the elec\u00adtric bass, back in the fif\u00adties. He\u2019s the first one that used elec\u00adtric bass, I think, in the Big Band. It soun\u00added good,&nbsp;too!\u201d (\u201cLes gens l\u2019i\u00adgnorent mais l\u2019un des pre\u00admiers joueur de basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u00e9tait Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Il a accom\u00adpa\u00adgn\u00e9 l\u2019or\u00adchestre de Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton, en jouant de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique, c\u2019\u00e9\u00adtait dans les ann\u00e9es 1950. Il est le tout pre\u00admier \u00e0 avoir uti\u00adli\u00ads\u00e9 la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte de Big Band. Et \u00e7a sonnait!\u201d). La l\u00e9gende qui fait de Bill Black, contre\u00adbas\u00adsiste d\u2019El\u00advis Pres\u00adley, le pre\u00admier bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique prend du plomb dans l\u2019aile. Un des pre\u00admiers du rock, sans doute, pas de la musique. \u00c0 l\u2019ins\u00adtar de la plu\u00adpart des pion\u00adniers de la basse, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry \u00e9tait un trans\u00adfuge de la contre\u00adbasse (tan\u00addis que Carol Kaye vient de la guitare). Cepen\u00addant, \u00e0 l\u2019in\u00adverse de James Jamer\u00adson, qui avait abor\u00add\u00e9 l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en d\u00e9cal\u00adquant tota\u00adle\u00adment la tech\u00adnique de la contre\u00adbasse (ten\u00adsion \u00e9norme des cordes, jeu au doigt en cro\u00adchet), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tente de l\u2019a\u00adbor\u00adder comme un ins\u00adtru\u00adment enti\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment neuf. Il n\u2019est pas rare, d\u2019a\u00adpr\u00e8s les pho\u00adtos, de le voir jouer d\u2019une fa\u00e7on h\u00e9t\u00e9\u00adro\u00addoxe (le point de rep\u00e8re \u00e9tant la mani\u00e8re de jouer com\u00admune d\u2019au\u00adjourd\u2019\u00adhui), en uti\u00adli\u00adsant son pouce. L\u00e0 encore, la magie op\u00e8re sans arti\u00adfices. Point de prouesses tech\u00adniques (pas de slap et d\u2019a\u00adva\u00adlanches de notes, encore moins de tap\u00adping \u00e0 trois mains), peu de notes et bien pos\u00e9es, avec du silence et de la syn\u00adcope, en veux-tu en voi\u00adl\u00e0&nbsp;! Il en est de Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry comme de Jamer\u00adson&nbsp;: il y a peu de notes, mais si par\u00adfai\u00adte\u00adment pla\u00adc\u00e9es qu\u2019elles sont ryth\u00admi\u00adque\u00adment dif\u00adfi\u00adcile \u00e0 ex\u00e9\u00adcu\u00adter (les lec\u00adteurs, dans une moindre pro\u00adpor\u00adtion les d\u00e9chif\u00adfreurs de sol\u00adf\u00e8ge tire\u00adront alors grand b\u00e9n\u00e9\u00adfice des indi\u00adca\u00adtions de rythme et de mesures). Car, on aurait ten\u00addance \u00e0 l\u2019ou\u00adblier, faute de pers\u00adpec\u00adtive his\u00adto\u00adrique suf\u00adfi\u00adsante, tant nous sommes fami\u00adliers de ces ins\u00adtru\u00adments \u00e0 la fois modernes et si r\u00e9cents, m\u00eame dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u2013 entr\u00e9e alors dans la langue popu\u00adlaire musi\u00adcale comme la \u201cFen\u00adder Bass\u201d \u2013 est quelque chose d\u2019\u00e9\u00adtrange, fas\u00adci\u00adnant&nbsp;: on peine presque \u00e0 croire que cette planche \u00e0 quatre corde va rem\u00adpla\u00adcer la contre\u00adbasse dans les orchestres modernes. Les pro\u00adpos de Chuck Rai\u00adney sur sa pre\u00admi\u00e8re basse per\u00admettent de prendre la mesure du carac\u00adt\u00e8re excep\u00adtion\u00adnel de l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en ce temps (ce devait \u00eatre comme pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder un s\u00e9quen\u00adceur tac\u00adtile de nos jour, l\u2019ob\u00adjet fran\u00adche\u00adment extra-terrestre)&nbsp;: \u201cSince I was playing single notes, someone sug\u00adges\u00adted that I get a bass. And I did that&nbsp;; my parents got it for me. I got a Fen\u00adder bass, and I was the only per\u00adson in Young\u00adstown, Ohio at that time that had a Fen\u00adder bass. [Laughs]. And, of course, the band I was in got a lot of atten\u00adtion because of the ins\u00adtru\u00adment. You know the Fen\u00adder bass was a rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adly new instrument.\u201d (\u201cComme je jouais note-\u00e0-note, quel\u00adqu\u2019un me sug\u00adg\u00e9\u00adra de trou\u00adver une basse. Et je l\u2019ai fait&nbsp;; mes parents m\u2019en ont pay\u00e9 une. J\u2019ai eu une basse Fen\u00adder, et &nbsp;j\u2019\u00e9\u00adtais la seule per\u00adsonne de Young\u00adstown, Ohio, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque, \u00e0 pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder une basse Fen\u00adder. [rires]. Et bien enten\u00addu, le groupe et moi-m\u00eame gagnions beau\u00adcoup d\u2019at\u00adten\u00adtion du fait de cet ins\u00adtru\u00adment. Vous savez, la basse Fen\u00adder \u00e9tait un ins\u00adtru\u00adment rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adment nou\u00adveau.\u201d) (ndr&nbsp;: on situe son d\u00e9but \u00e0 la basse vers&nbsp;1958) Reve\u00adnons \u00e0 Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, qui, outre ses fonc\u00adtions d\u2019ac\u00adcom\u00adpa\u00adgna\u00adteur, a pro\u00adduit quelques opus o\u00f9 la basse emm\u00e8ne les th\u00e8mes. Signa\u00adlons, en 1957, avec les Mas\u00adter\u00adsounds, Water\u2019s Edge, qui comp\u00adtait \u00e0 sa for\u00adma\u00adtion Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (vibra\u00adphone), Richie Crab\u00adtree (pia\u00adno), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique Fen\u00adder), Ben\u00adny Barth (bat\u00adte\u00adrie). Sur la pochette, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tient une basse Fen\u00adder typique de la p\u00e9riode 1951\u200a\u2013\u200a1954&nbsp;: forme issue de la gui\u00adtare Tele\u00adcas\u00adter, t\u00eate cou\u00adp\u00e9e qua\u00adsi droite, capots chro\u00adm\u00e9s sur le micro et le che\u00adva\u00adlet, tam\u00adpon-\u00e9touf\u00adfoir en mousse sous les cordes). On note\u00adra d\u2019ailleurs la qua\u00adsi publi\u00adci\u00adt\u00e9 pour l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment (lieu com\u00admun de l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque), puis\u00adqu\u2019il est le seul \u00e0 faire appa\u00adra\u00eetre le sien et \u00e0 le nom\u00admer par la marque dans les cr\u00e9\u00addits du disque (cf&nbsp;supra). En 1969, c\u2019est la paru\u00adtion de It\u2019s never too late, chez Motown Records (tiens en par\u00adlant de Jamer\u00adson !). L\u2019al\u00adbum est essen\u00adtiel\u00adle\u00adment consti\u00adtu\u00e9 de titres et stan\u00addards jazz (dans le style Broad\u00adway, Nan\u00adcy Hamil\u00adton et Mor\u00adgan Lewis) et soul, issus du cata\u00adlogue Motown (Ste\u00advie Won\u00adder). On retien\u00addra la par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion du saxophoniste\/bassiste Wil\u00adton Fel\u00adder (Motown West Coast, sec\u00adtion dite \u201cMo-West\u201d) aux arran\u00adge\u00adments de Can we talk to&nbsp;you&nbsp;? En 1971 para\u00eet son deuxi\u00e8me opus solo, cette fois sous le label Chi\u00adsa, mais tou\u00adjours au sein de Motown Records&nbsp;: A Bass Odys\u00adsey. Il pose fi\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment avec une Fen\u00adder Jazz Bass et l\u2019am\u00adpli seyant. C\u2019est \u00e0 presque cin\u00adquante ann\u00e9es qu\u2019il explore tou\u00adjours plus loin les pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adt\u00e9s de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte jazz, \u00e0 par\u00adtir de ses propres com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions jazz (une seule est sign\u00e9e de son fr\u00e8re Bud\u00addy). Comme je ne peux vous indi\u00adquer de liens d\u2019\u00e9\u00adcoute vers Spo\u00adti\u00adfy, je vous invite \u00e0 \u00e9cou\u00adter Jour\u00adney to the Bot\u00adtom sur YouTube. httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZI3lhVYQGXk \u00c0 \u00e9cou\u00adter aus\u00adsi, son der\u00adnier opus, Rea\u00adli\u00adty (1974), paru chez Phi\u00adla\u00addel\u00adphia Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Records, qui tend r\u00e9so\u00adlu\u00adment vers le funk old school comme on l\u2019aime (de la wah-wah, du cla\u00advi\u00adnet, des cuivres qui suintent&nbsp;: on n\u2019est pas loin des HeadHun\u00adters (avec Her\u00adbie Han\u00adcock et sans)&nbsp;et des Bar-Kays p\u00e9riode Got\u00adta Groove (1969). Sur ce, comme je d\u00e9couvre moi aus\u00adsi, humble m\u00e9lo\u00admane mais non moins mono\u00adma\u00adniaque, je vais musar\u00adder sur la toile en qu\u00eate de mat\u00e9riau\u2026 Bonne \u00e9coute&nbsp;! 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Le troi\u00adsi\u00e8me fr\u00e8re, le ben\u00adja\u00admin, Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, vibra\u00adpho\u00adniste (\u00e0 noter qu\u2019on le trouve au pia\u00adno sur des ses\u00adsions tar\u00addives des ann\u00e9es 1990, alors que Roy Ayers tient les mailloches !), a pro\u00adba\u00adble\u00adment subi le m\u00eame sort, se reti\u00adrant qua\u00adsi\u00adment de la sc\u00e8ne pour vivre de l\u2019en\u00adsei\u00adgne\u00adment de la musique et de ses\u00adsions en studio. C\u2019est par une inter\u00adview de Carol Kaye au site BassPlayer.tv que j\u2019ai pu d\u00e9cou\u00advrir William Howard \u201cMonk\u201d Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (1921\u200a\u2013\u200a1982), qu\u2019elle qua\u00adli\u00adfie de pion\u00adnier de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique au sein des for\u00adma\u00adtions Big Band Jazz, eu \u00e9gard au fait que Jaco Pas\u00adto\u00adrius r\u00e9colte tous les hon\u00adneurs en tant que bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique vir\u00adtuose de la sph\u00e8re jazz-fusion&nbsp;: \u201cPeople don\u2019t know but one of the first players of the elec\u00adtric bass was Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. He went on the road with Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton\u2019s band, playing the elec\u00adtric bass, back in the fif\u00adties. He\u2019s the first one that used elec\u00adtric bass, I think, in the Big Band. It soun\u00added good,&nbsp;too!\u201d (\u201cLes gens l\u2019i\u00adgnorent mais l\u2019un des pre\u00admiers joueur de basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u00e9tait Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry. Il a accom\u00adpa\u00adgn\u00e9 l\u2019or\u00adchestre de Lio\u00adnel Hamp\u00adton, en jouant de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique, c\u2019\u00e9\u00adtait dans les ann\u00e9es 1950. Il est le tout pre\u00admier \u00e0 avoir uti\u00adli\u00ads\u00e9 la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte de Big Band. Et \u00e7a sonnait!\u201d). La l\u00e9gende qui fait de Bill Black, contre\u00adbas\u00adsiste d\u2019El\u00advis Pres\u00adley, le pre\u00admier bas\u00adsiste \u00e9lec\u00adtrique prend du plomb dans l\u2019aile. Un des pre\u00admiers du rock, sans doute, pas de la musique. \u00c0 l\u2019ins\u00adtar de la plu\u00adpart des pion\u00adniers de la basse, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry \u00e9tait un trans\u00adfuge de la contre\u00adbasse (tan\u00addis que Carol Kaye vient de la guitare). Cepen\u00addant, \u00e0 l\u2019in\u00adverse de James Jamer\u00adson, qui avait abor\u00add\u00e9 l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en d\u00e9cal\u00adquant tota\u00adle\u00adment la tech\u00adnique de la contre\u00adbasse (ten\u00adsion \u00e9norme des cordes, jeu au doigt en cro\u00adchet), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tente de l\u2019a\u00adbor\u00adder comme un ins\u00adtru\u00adment enti\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment neuf. Il n\u2019est pas rare, d\u2019a\u00adpr\u00e8s les pho\u00adtos, de le voir jouer d\u2019une fa\u00e7on h\u00e9t\u00e9\u00adro\u00addoxe (le point de rep\u00e8re \u00e9tant la mani\u00e8re de jouer com\u00admune d\u2019au\u00adjourd\u2019\u00adhui), en uti\u00adli\u00adsant son pouce. L\u00e0 encore, la magie op\u00e8re sans arti\u00adfices. Point de prouesses tech\u00adniques (pas de slap et d\u2019a\u00adva\u00adlanches de notes, encore moins de tap\u00adping \u00e0 trois mains), peu de notes et bien pos\u00e9es, avec du silence et de la syn\u00adcope, en veux-tu en voi\u00adl\u00e0&nbsp;! Il en est de Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry comme de Jamer\u00adson&nbsp;: il y a peu de notes, mais si par\u00adfai\u00adte\u00adment pla\u00adc\u00e9es qu\u2019elles sont ryth\u00admi\u00adque\u00adment dif\u00adfi\u00adcile \u00e0 ex\u00e9\u00adcu\u00adter (les lec\u00adteurs, dans une moindre pro\u00adpor\u00adtion les d\u00e9chif\u00adfreurs de sol\u00adf\u00e8ge tire\u00adront alors grand b\u00e9n\u00e9\u00adfice des indi\u00adca\u00adtions de rythme et de mesures). Car, on aurait ten\u00addance \u00e0 l\u2019ou\u00adblier, faute de pers\u00adpec\u00adtive his\u00adto\u00adrique suf\u00adfi\u00adsante, tant nous sommes fami\u00adliers de ces ins\u00adtru\u00adments \u00e0 la fois modernes et si r\u00e9cents, m\u00eame dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique \u2013 entr\u00e9e alors dans la langue popu\u00adlaire musi\u00adcale comme la \u201cFen\u00adder Bass\u201d \u2013 est quelque chose d\u2019\u00e9\u00adtrange, fas\u00adci\u00adnant&nbsp;: on peine presque \u00e0 croire que cette planche \u00e0 quatre corde va rem\u00adpla\u00adcer la contre\u00adbasse dans les orchestres modernes. Les pro\u00adpos de Chuck Rai\u00adney sur sa pre\u00admi\u00e8re basse per\u00admettent de prendre la mesure du carac\u00adt\u00e8re excep\u00adtion\u00adnel de l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment en ce temps (ce devait \u00eatre comme pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder un s\u00e9quen\u00adceur tac\u00adtile de nos jour, l\u2019ob\u00adjet fran\u00adche\u00adment extra-terrestre)&nbsp;: \u201cSince I was playing single notes, someone sug\u00adges\u00adted that I get a bass. And I did that&nbsp;; my parents got it for me. I got a Fen\u00adder bass, and I was the only per\u00adson in Young\u00adstown, Ohio at that time that had a Fen\u00adder bass. [Laughs]. And, of course, the band I was in got a lot of atten\u00adtion because of the ins\u00adtru\u00adment. You know the Fen\u00adder bass was a rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adly new instrument.\u201d (\u201cComme je jouais note-\u00e0-note, quel\u00adqu\u2019un me sug\u00adg\u00e9\u00adra de trou\u00adver une basse. Et je l\u2019ai fait&nbsp;; mes parents m\u2019en ont pay\u00e9 une. J\u2019ai eu une basse Fen\u00adder, et &nbsp;j\u2019\u00e9\u00adtais la seule per\u00adsonne de Young\u00adstown, Ohio, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque, \u00e0 pos\u00ads\u00e9\u00adder une basse Fen\u00adder. [rires]. Et bien enten\u00addu, le groupe et moi-m\u00eame gagnions beau\u00adcoup d\u2019at\u00adten\u00adtion du fait de cet ins\u00adtru\u00adment. Vous savez, la basse Fen\u00adder \u00e9tait un ins\u00adtru\u00adment rela\u00adti\u00adve\u00adment nou\u00adveau.\u201d) (ndr&nbsp;: on situe son d\u00e9but \u00e0 la basse vers&nbsp;1958) Reve\u00adnons \u00e0 Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry, qui, outre ses fonc\u00adtions d\u2019ac\u00adcom\u00adpa\u00adgna\u00adteur, a pro\u00adduit quelques opus o\u00f9 la basse emm\u00e8ne les th\u00e8mes. Signa\u00adlons, en 1957, avec les Mas\u00adter\u00adsounds, Water\u2019s Edge, qui comp\u00adtait \u00e0 sa for\u00adma\u00adtion Bud\u00addy Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (vibra\u00adphone), Richie Crab\u00adtree (pia\u00adno), Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry (basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique Fen\u00adder), Ben\u00adny Barth (bat\u00adte\u00adrie). Sur la pochette, Monk Mont\u00adgo\u00adme\u00adry tient une basse Fen\u00adder typique de la p\u00e9riode 1951\u200a\u2013\u200a1954&nbsp;: forme issue de la gui\u00adtare Tele\u00adcas\u00adter, t\u00eate cou\u00adp\u00e9e qua\u00adsi droite, capots chro\u00adm\u00e9s sur le micro et le che\u00adva\u00adlet, tam\u00adpon-\u00e9touf\u00adfoir en mousse sous les cordes). On note\u00adra d\u2019ailleurs la qua\u00adsi publi\u00adci\u00adt\u00e9 pour l\u2019ins\u00adtru\u00adment (lieu com\u00admun de l\u2019\u00e9\u00adpoque), puis\u00adqu\u2019il est le seul \u00e0 faire appa\u00adra\u00eetre le sien et \u00e0 le nom\u00admer par la marque dans les cr\u00e9\u00addits du disque (cf&nbsp;supra). En 1969, c\u2019est la paru\u00adtion de It\u2019s never too late, chez Motown Records (tiens en par\u00adlant de Jamer\u00adson !). L\u2019al\u00adbum est essen\u00adtiel\u00adle\u00adment consti\u00adtu\u00e9 de titres et stan\u00addards jazz (dans le style Broad\u00adway, Nan\u00adcy Hamil\u00adton et Mor\u00adgan Lewis) et soul, issus du cata\u00adlogue Motown (Ste\u00advie Won\u00adder). On retien\u00addra la par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion du saxophoniste\/bassiste Wil\u00adton Fel\u00adder (Motown West Coast, sec\u00adtion dite \u201cMo-West\u201d) aux arran\u00adge\u00adments de Can we talk to&nbsp;you&nbsp;? En 1971 para\u00eet son deuxi\u00e8me opus solo, cette fois sous le label Chi\u00adsa, mais tou\u00adjours au sein de Motown Records&nbsp;: A Bass Odys\u00adsey. Il pose fi\u00e8\u00adre\u00adment avec une Fen\u00adder Jazz Bass et l\u2019am\u00adpli seyant. C\u2019est \u00e0 presque cin\u00adquante ann\u00e9es qu\u2019il explore tou\u00adjours plus loin les pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adt\u00e9s de la basse \u00e9lec\u00adtrique dans un contexte jazz, \u00e0 par\u00adtir de ses propres com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions jazz (une seule est sign\u00e9e de son fr\u00e8re Bud\u00addy). Comme je ne peux vous indi\u00adquer de liens d\u2019\u00e9\u00adcoute vers Spo\u00adti\u00adfy, je vous invite \u00e0 \u00e9cou\u00adter Jour\u00adney to the Bot\u00adtom sur YouTube. httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZI3lhVYQGXk \u00c0 \u00e9cou\u00adter aus\u00adsi, son der\u00adnier opus, Rea\u00adli\u00adty (1974), paru chez Phi\u00adla\u00addel\u00adphia Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Records, qui tend r\u00e9so\u00adlu\u00adment vers le funk old school comme on l\u2019aime (de la wah-wah, du cla\u00advi\u00adnet, des cuivres qui suintent&nbsp;: on n\u2019est pas loin des HeadHun\u00adters (avec Her\u00adbie Han\u00adcock et sans)&nbsp;et des Bar-Kays p\u00e9riode Got\u00adta Groove (1969). Sur ce, comme je d\u00e9couvre moi aus\u00adsi, humble m\u00e9lo\u00admane mais non moins mono\u00adma\u00adniaque, je vais musar\u00adder sur la toile en qu\u00eate de mat\u00e9riau\u2026 Bonne \u00e9coute&nbsp;! Sources consul\u00adt\u00e9es&nbsp;: http:\/\/www.bassguitar.com\/william-howard-montgomery.html http:\/\/www.bassplayer.com\/article\/will-lee-interviews\/feb-97\/6962 http:\/\/bassplaying.com\/?q=node\/210 http:\/\/www.freshsoundrecords.com\/record.php?record_id=4954 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monk_Montgomery http:\/\/myjazzworld.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/monk-montgomery-reality.html ( note&nbsp;: consul\u00adt\u00e9 le 12 jan\u00advier 2010, blog inac\u00adtif au 24 f\u00e9vrier 2010)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/","og_site_name":"Dispatch\/Box","article_published_time":"2010-01-12T19:02:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-10-08T19:04:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/monk.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Jeremy Jeanguenin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dispatch_box","twitter_site":"@dispatch_box","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"Jeremy Jeanguenin","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeremy Jeanguenin","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/#\/schema\/person\/9db7c9c41e0594fa08428d8b7007e253"},"headline":"Monk Montgomery, pionnier du groove \u00e9lectrique","datePublished":"2010-01-12T19:02:08+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-08T19:04:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/"},"wordCount":1278,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/monk.jpg","articleSection":["Bar-Kays","Basse","Contrebasse","Disques","Fender","Figures De La Soul","Funk","Guitare","Herbie Hancock","Jazz","Motown","Musique","Pianiste","Roy Ayers","Stax"],"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/01\/12\/monk-montgomery-pionnier-du-groove-electrique\/","name":"Monk Montgomery, pionnier du groove \u00e9lectrique - 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Allez, je vous laisse avec lui, une histoire de bottes qui ne font rien de plus\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Basse&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Basse","link":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/category\/basse\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/DB_AVT_3_27_7-005-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/DB_AVT_3_27_7-005-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/DB_AVT_3_27_7-005-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1662,"url":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2010\/05\/31\/joe-osborn-to-be-wild\/","url_meta":{"origin":1430,"position":2},"title":"Joe Osborn","author":"Jeremy Jeanguenin","date":"31\/05\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, vous connaissez le parti-pris de ce lieu d'expression : parler de bassistes qui parlent peu ! 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Tandis que 1976 voyait na\u00eetre son plus grand succ\u00e8s, l\u2019intemporel Everybody loves the sunshine,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Basse&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Basse","link":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/category\/basse\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"royayers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dispatchbox.net\/wp-content\/royayers.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":525,"url":"https:\/\/www.dispatchbox.net\/index.php\/2009\/07\/23\/roy-ayers-de-new-york-et-surtout-dailleurs\/","url_meta":{"origin":1430,"position":5},"title":"Roy Ayers, de Brooklyn et (surtout) d\u2019ailleurs","author":"Jeremy Jeanguenin","date":"23\/07\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"D\u00e9\u00e7u de ne pas avoir pu retenir de place pour le concert de Gil Scott-Heron mardi 28 juillet au New Morning (Liess, veinard !), j'ai saut\u00e9 sur l'occasion de pouvoir assister mercredi 22 juillet au concert de Roy Ayers, dans l'intimit\u00e9 du Cabaret Sauvage, \u00e0 la Villette. 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