Little Brother Montgomery

American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer (1906–1985)
Person human Q715915
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Little Brother Montgomery

Summary

Little Brother Montgomery is a human[1]. His place of birth was Kentwood[2]. He was born on April 18, 1906[3]. He died in Chicago[4]. He died on September 6, 1985[5]. He worked as a pianist[6], jazz musician[7], singer[8], and composer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #7,276 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Little Brother Montgomery was born in Kentwood[2].
  • Little Brother Montgomery passed away in Chicago[4].
  • Little Brother Montgomery was born on April 18, 1906[3].
  • Little Brother Montgomery was born on May 17, 1907[11].
  • Little Brother Montgomery was born on 1906[12].
  • Little Brother Montgomery died on September 6, 1985[5].
  • Burial took place at Oak Woods Cemetery[13].
  • Little Brother Montgomery held citizenship in United States[14].
  • Little Brother Montgomery is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[15].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's professions included pianist[6].
  • Little Brother Montgomery worked as a jazz musician[7].
  • Little Brother Montgomery worked as a singer[8].
  • Little Brother Montgomery worked as a composer[9].
  • Little Brother Montgomery is recorded as male[16].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's genre is jazz[18].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's genre is blues[19].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's record label is recorded as Delmark Records[20].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's Commons category is recorded as Little Brother Montgomery[21].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's family name is recorded as Montgomery[22].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's given name is recorded as Wilford[23].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's instrument is recorded as piano[24].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's described by source is recorded as Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[25].
  • Little Brother Montgomery's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[27]

  • Country: US[28]

  • Began / founded: 1906-04-18[29]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1985-09-06[30]

  • Genre(s): blues, boogie-woogie, jazz, piano blues[31]

  • Community tags: blues, boogie-woogie, jazz, piano blues[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9768063f-5e7f-435d-95a9-84004edea7eb[33]

Body

Origins and Family

Little Brother Montgomery was born in Kentwood[2]. Recorded date of birth include April 18, 1906[3], May 17, 1907[11], and 1906[12]. He is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include pianist[6], jazz musician[7], singer[8], and composer[9].

Death and Burial

Little Brother Montgomery died on September 6, 1985[5]. He died in Chicago[4]. He is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery[13].

Why It Matters

Little Brother Montgomery ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #7,276 of 1,000,298).[10] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

Where was Little Brother Montgomery born?

Little Brother Montgomery was born in Kentwood[2].

Where did Little Brother Montgomery die?

Little Brother Montgomery passed away in Chicago[4].

What did Little Brother Montgomery do for work?

Little Brother Montgomery worked as pianist[6], jazz musician[7], singer[8], and composer[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  14. [20] . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [11] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [12] . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Little Brother Montgomery. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-brother-montgomery
MLA “Little Brother Montgomery.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-brother-montgomery.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_little-brother-montgomery_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Little Brother Montgomery}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-brother-montgomery}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Little Brother Montgomery — https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-brother-montgomery (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/little-brother-montgomery · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death Chicago
    Record label
    Instance of human
    Languages spoken, written or signed English
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32149|batch #32149]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.