THE MASTERSOUNDS

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The Masterounds: Flower Drum Song (World Pacific, 1252, 1959)

Cast Notes: The Mastersounds were lead by two brothers of guitarist Wes Montgomery - bassist William "Monk" Montgomery and vibraphonist Charles "Buddy" Montgomery, plus Richie Crabtree on piano and Benny Barth on drums to round out the quartet. The only recorded six albums with World Pacific; this likely would have been one of the last albums by the group since they disbanded in 1959.

Music: TBA

Cover Art: I've always like the cover for this particular LP. The use of the fortune cookie may be an easy motif but the design is clean, the font isn't as over-the-top Orientalized as most others and there's just a nice quietness to everything else.

Back cover is mostly text save for a photograph of the quartet.

--O.W.