Grady Tate
Grady Tate | |
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Grady Tate in 1972 | |
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Born | January 14, 1932 |
Origin | Durham, North Carolina, US |
Genres | Jazz, bop, hard bop |
Occupations | Musician |
Instruments | Drums |
Labels | Skye, Impulse!, Milestone |
Grady Tate (born January 14, 1932)[1] is an American hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer. He has a baritone voice. In addition to his prolific work as sideman, Tate has released many albums as leader and vocalist.[1]
Biography
Tate was born in Hayti, Durham, North Carolina.[1] In 1963 he moved to New York City, where he became the drummer in Quincy Jones's band.[1]
Grady Tate's drumming helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid-1960s and beyond.[citation needed] The Grady Tate sound can be heard prominently on many of the classic Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery albums recorded on the Verve label in the 1960s.[1]
Tate was the drummer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for six years.[1] During the 1970s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet. In 1981 he played drums and percussion Simon and Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park.
As a sideman he has played with Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tom Rapp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stanley Turrentine, Charles Earland, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, and Wes Montgomery.[1]
Among his most widely heard vocal performances are the songs "I Got Six", "Naughty Number Nine", and "Fireworks" from Multiplication Rock and America Rock, both part of the Schoolhouse Rock series.[1] For the 1973 motion picture Cops And Robbers, Tate sang the title song, written by Michel Legrand and Jacques Wilson.[2]
He has been on the faculty of Howard University since 1989.[1]
Discography
As leader
- 1968: Windmills of My Mind (Skye)
- 1970: After the Long Drive Home (Skye)
- 1971: Feeling Life (Skye)
- 1972: She Is My Lady (Janus)
- 1975: By Special Request (Buddah)
- 1977: Master Grady Tate (Impulse!)
- 1991: TNT (Milestone)
- 1992: Body & Soul (Milestone)
- 2006: From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
As sideman
- 1962: Charles Mingus - The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note)
- 1964: Ben Webster - See You at the Fair
- 1964: Lalo Schifrin - New Fantasy (Verve)
- 1964: Jimmy Smith - The Cat (Verve)
- 1964: Nat Adderley - Autobiography
- 1964: Oliver Nelson - More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!)
- 1964: Lou Donaldson - Rough House Blues
- 1965: Milt Jackson - Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown (Verve)
- 1965: Dorothy Ashby - The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (Atlantic)
- 1965: Illinois Jacquet - Spectrum (Argo)
- 1965: Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler - A Meeting of the Times (Atlantic)
- 1965: Jimmy Smith - Organ Grinder Swing
- 1965: Lalo Schifrin - Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve)
- 1965: Gary McFarland and Clark Terry - Tijuana Jazz
- 1966: Shirley Scott - Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!)
- 1966: Eric Kloss - Love and All That Jazz (Prestige)
- 1966: Gábor Szabó - Gypsy '66 (Impulse!)
- 1966: Oliver Nelson - Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!)
- 1966: Oliver Nelson - Sound Pieces (Impulse!)
- 1966: Oliver Nelson - Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!)
- 1967: Kenny Burrell - A Generation Ago Today (Verve)
- 1967: Oliver Nelson - The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!)
- 1967: Oliver Nelson - The Kennedy Dream (Impulse!)
- 1967: Stan Getz - Sweet Rain (Verve)
- 1967: Herbie Mann - Glory of Love (A&M/CTI)
- 1968: Kenny Burrell - Blues - The Common Ground (Verve)
- 1968: Hubert Laws - Laws' Cause (Atlantic)
- 1968: Eddie Harris - Plug Me In (Atlantic)
- 1968: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Love Calls (RCA Victor)
- 1968: Johnny "Hammond" Smith - Nasty! (Prestige)
- 1968: J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding - Israel (A&M/CTI)
- 1968: Nat Adderley - You, Baby (A&M/CTI)
- 1968: Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve)
- 1968: Jimmy McGriff - The Worm
- 1969: Freddie Hubbard - A Soul Experiment (Atlantic)
- 1969: J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding - Stonebone (A&M/CTI (Japan))
- 1969: Hubert Laws - Crying Song (CTI)
- 1969: Lena Horne and Gábor Szabó - Lena & Gabor (Skye)
- 1969: Pearls Before Swine - These Things Too
- 1971: Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett and Mary Lou Williams - Giants (Perception)
- 1971: Pearls Before Swine - Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
- 1972: Grant Green - The Final Comedown (CTI)
- 1972: Eric Kaz - "If You're Lonely" (Atlantic)
- 1972: Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones - Snake Rhythm Rock (Prestige)
- 1972: Houston Person - Broken Windows, Empty Hallways, Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige)
- 1973: Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly (Atlantic)
- 1973: Leon Spencer - Where I'm Coming From (Prestige)
- 1973: Lou Donaldson - Sophisticated Lou
- 1973: Marlena Shaw - From the Depths of My Soul
- 1973: Bette Midler - Bette Midler
- 1973: Shirley Scott - Superstition (Cadet)
- 1973: Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
- 1974: Gato Barbieri - Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!)
- 1974: Jack McDuff - The Fourth Dimension (Cadet)
- 1974: Arif Mardin - Journey (Atlantic)
- 1975: Zoot Sims - Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (Pablo)
- 1975: Jack McDuff - Magnetic Feel (Cadet)
- 1976: Phoebe Snow - Second Childhood
- 1977: Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Dancer with Bruised Knees
- 1977: Billy Taylor - Live at Storyville (West 54)
- 1981: Grover Washington Jr - Be Mine (Tonight) - with Tate on vocals
- 1981: Grover Washington Jr - Little Black Samba - with Tate on vocals
- 1982: Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
- 1986: Jimmy Smith – Go for Whatcha Know
- 1989: Maureen McGovern - Naughty Baby
- 1990: Dizzy Gillespie - The Winter in Lisbon (Milan)
- 1990: Bette Midler - Some People's Lives
- 1991: Bob Thiele Collective - Louis Satchmo
- 1992: Lalo Schifrin - Jazz Meets the Symphony (Atlantic)
- 1993: Lalo Schifrin - More Jazz Meets the Symphony (Atlantic)
- 1994: Oscar Peterson and Itzhak Perlman - Side by Side
- 1995: Lalo Schifrin - Firebird: Jazz Meets the Symphony No. 3 (Four Winds)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Ginell, Richard S. (1932-01-14). "Allmusic Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ↑ "Cops and Robbers / Aram Avakian [motion picture]:Bibliographic Record Brief Display". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Library of Congress. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
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