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Grady Tate

February 15, 2024

Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 – October 8, 2017)[1] was an American jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. In addition to his work as sideman, Tate released many albums as leader and lent his voice to songs in the animated Schoolhouse Rock! series.[2][3] He received two Grammy nominations.[4]

Grady Tate
Tate in 1972
Background information
Born(1932-01-14)January 14, 1932
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedOctober 8, 2017(2017-10-08) (aged 85)
New York City, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion, vocals
Years active1950s–2017
LabelsSkye, Impulse!, Milestone

Biography edit

Tate was born in Hayti, Durham, North Carolina, United States.[5] In 1963 he moved to New York City, where he became the drummer in Quincy Jones's band.[5]

Grady Tate's drumming helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid-1960s and beyond. His slick, layered and intense sound is instantly recognizable for its understated style in which he integrates his trademark subtle nuances with sharp, crisp "on top of the beat" timing (in comparison to playing slightly before, or slightly after the beat). 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.[5]

During the 1970s, Tate was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet. In 1981, he played drums and percussion for Simon and Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park.

As a sideman, Tate played with musicians including Jimmy Smith, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Cal Tjader, Wes Montgomery, Eddie Harris, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding and Michel Legrand.[5]

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.[5] For the 1973 motion picture Cops And Robbers, Tate sang the title song, written by Michel Legrand and Jacques Wilson.[6] On Mark Murphy's album Living Room, Tate shares the vocals on a medley of "Misty" and "Midnight Sun". On the album Threesome, with Monty Alexander and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Tate sings words to Miles Davis's composition "All Blues", aggregated from a number of well-known and standard blues songs as well as to the jazz standard "Weaver of Dreams" (written by Victor Young).

He joined the faculty of Howard University in 1989.[5]

Grady Tate died of complications of Alzheimer's disease on October 8, 2017, at the age of 85.[7][1] He was survived by his wife Vivian and son Grady, Jr.[1][7]

Discography edit

As leader edit

  • Windmills of My Mind (Skye, 1968)
  • Slaves [O.S.T.] (Skye, 1969)
  • Feeling Life (Skye, 1969)
  • After the Long Drive Home (Skye, 1970)
  • She Is My Lady (Janus, 1972)
  • Movin' Day (Janus, 1974)
  • By Special Request (Buddah, 1974) compilation
  • Master Grady Tate (ABC Impulse, 1977)
  • Sings TNT (Milestone, 1991)
  • Body & Soul (Milestone, 1993)
  • Feeling Free (Pow Wow, 1999)
  • All Love (Eighty-Eight's, 2002)
  • From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note (Half Note, 2006)

As sideman edit

With Benny Bailey

With Ray Bryant

With Kenny Burrell

With Johnny Hodges

With J. J. Johnson

With Quincy Jones

With Oliver Nelson

With Houston Person

With Jimmy Rushing

With Lalo Schifrin

With Zoot Sims

With Jimmy Smith

With Billy Taylor

With Cal Tjader

With others

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Schudel, Matt (October 11, 2017). "Grady Tate, drummer who helped drive 1960s soul-jazz movement, dies at 85". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Sandomir, Richard (October 13, 2017). "Grady Tate, prolific jazz drummer turned vocalist, dies at 85". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Sandomir, Richard (October 12, 2017). "Grady Tate, Jazz Drummer Turned Vocalist, Dies at 85". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Grady Tate | Artist | GRAMMY.com".
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ginell, Richard S. (January 14, 1932). "Allmusic Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "Cops and Robbers / Aram Avakian [motion picture]:Bibliographic Record Brief Display". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Library of Congress. March 22, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Chinen, Nate (October 10, 2017). "Grady Tate, Prodigious Jazz Drummer and Noted Vocalist, Dies at 85". NPR.org. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

External links edit

  • Grady Tate on Drummerworld.com
  • Grady Tate at IMDb
  • Grady Tate Interview NAMM Oral History Library (1995)
  • The Jazz Discography Project, www.jazzdisco.org
  • Grady Tate at AllMusic
  • Grady Tate at Discogs

February 15, 2024
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Grady Tate January 14 1932 October 8 2017 1 was an American jazz and soul jazz drummer and baritone vocalist In addition to his work as sideman Tate released many albums as leader and lent his voice to songs in the animated Schoolhouse Rock series 2 3 He received two Grammy nominations 4 Grady TateTate in 1972Background informationBorn 1932 01 14 January 14 1932Durham North Carolina U S DiedOctober 8 2017 2017 10 08 aged 85 New York City U S GenresJazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Drums percussion vocalsYears active1950s 2017LabelsSkye Impulse Milestone Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2 1 As leader 2 2 As sideman 3 References 4 External linksBiography editTate was born in Hayti Durham North Carolina United States 5 In 1963 he moved to New York City where he became the drummer in Quincy Jones s band 5 Grady Tate s drumming helped to define a particular hard bop soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid 1960s and beyond His slick layered and intense sound is instantly recognizable for its understated style in which he integrates his trademark subtle nuances with sharp crisp on top of the beat timing in comparison to playing slightly before or slightly after the beat 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 5 During the 1970s Tate was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet In 1981 he played drums and percussion for Simon and Garfunkel s Concert in Central Park As a sideman Tate played with musicians including Jimmy Smith Astrud Gilberto Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington Count Basie Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quincy Jones Stan Getz Cal Tjader Wes Montgomery Eddie Harris J J Johnson Kai Winding and Michel Legrand 5 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 5 For the 1973 motion picture Cops And Robbers Tate sang the title song written by Michel Legrand and Jacques Wilson 6 On Mark Murphy s album Living Room Tate shares the vocals on a medley of Misty and Midnight Sun On the album Threesome with Monty Alexander and Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen Tate sings words to Miles Davis s composition All Blues aggregated from a number of well known and standard blues songs as well as to the jazz standard Weaver of Dreams written by Victor Young He joined the faculty of Howard University in 1989 5 Grady Tate died of complications of Alzheimer s disease on October 8 2017 at the age of 85 7 1 He was survived by his wife Vivian and son Grady Jr 1 7 Discography editAs leader edit Windmills of My Mind Skye 1968 Slaves O S T Skye 1969 Feeling Life Skye 1969 After the Long Drive Home Skye 1970 She Is My Lady Janus 1972 Movin Day Janus 1974 By Special Request Buddah 1974 compilation Master Grady Tate ABC Impulse 1977 Sings TNT Milestone 1991 Body amp Soul Milestone 1993 Feeling Free Pow Wow 1999 All Love Eighty Eight s 2002 From the Heart Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note Half Note 2006 As sideman edit With Benny Bailey The Satchmo Legacy Enja 2000 With Ray Bryant Up Above the Rock Cadet 1968 Here s Ray Bryant Pablo 1976 All Blues Pablo 1978 With Kenny Burrell 1965 Guitar Forms Verve 1967 A Generation Ago Today Verve 1968 Blues The Common Ground Verve With Johnny Hodges 1965 Joe s Blues Verve with Wild Bill Davis 1966 Blue Notes Verve 1967 Don t Sleep in the Subway Verve 1970 3 Shades of Blue Flying Dutchman With J J Johnson 1964 J J RCA Victor 1965 Broadway Express RCA Victor 1966 The Total J J Johnson RCA Victor 1968 Israel A amp M CTI 1969 Stonebone A amp M CTI Japan With Quincy Jones 1964 Golden Boy Mercury 1969 Walking in Space A amp M CTI 1970 Gula Matari A amp M CTI 1971 Smackwater Jack A amp M CTI 1972 The Hot Rock OST Prophesy 1973 You ve Got It Bad Girl A amp M With Oliver Nelson 1964 More Blues and the Abstract Truth Impulse 1966 Encyclopedia of Jazz Verve 1966 Happenings Impulse 1966 Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle Impulse 1966 Sound Pieces Impulse 1966 The Sound of Feeling Verve 1967 The Kennedy Dream Impulse 1967 The Spirit of 67 Impulse With Houston Person 1972 Broken Windows Empty Hallways Prestige 1972 Sweet Buns amp Barbeque Prestige 1976 The Big Horn Muse 1977 The Nearness of You Muse 1987 The Talk of the Town Muse 1990 Just Friends Muse rel 1992 with Buddy Tate Nat Simpkins 1994 Christmas with Houston Person and Friends Muse 1999 Soft Lights HighNote 2001 Blue Velvet HighNote 2002 Sentimental Journey HighNote With Jimmy Rushing Every Day I Have the Blues BluesWay 1967 With Lalo Schifrin 1964 New Fantasy Verve 1965 Once a Thief and Other Themes Verve 1992 Jazz Meets the Symphony Atlantic 1993 More Jazz Meets the Symphony Atlantic 1995 Firebird Jazz Meets the Symphony No 3 Four Winds With Zoot Sims Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Pablo 1975 Soprano Sax Pablo 1976 With Jimmy Smith 1964 The Cat Verve 1965 Monster Verve 1965 Organ Grinder Swing Verve 1966 Got My Mojo Workin Verve 1966 Hoochie Coochie Man Verve 1986 Go for Whatcha Know Blue Note 1990 Fourmost Recorded Live at Fat Tuesday s NYC Milestone 2001 Fourmost Return Milestone With Billy Taylor 1968 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Tower 1969 Sleeping Bee MPS 1977 Live at Storyville West 54 With Cal Tjader 1964 Soul Sauce Verve 1965 Soul Bird Whiffenpoof Verve 1966 Soul Burst Verve 1967 Along Comes Cal Verve 1968 Solar Heat Skye With others 1962 Charles Mingus The Complete Town Hall Concert Blue Note 1963 Gary McFarland The In Sound Verve 1964 Ben Webster See You at the Fair Impulse 1964 Budd Johnson Off the Wall Argo 1964 Lou Donaldson Rough House Blues Argo 1964 Nat Adderley Autobiography Atlantic 1965 Dave Pike Jazz for the Jet Set Atlantic 1965 Dorothy Ashby The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby Atlantic 1965 Gary McFarland amp Clark Terry Tijuana Jazz Impulse 1965 Illinois Jacquet Spectrum Argo 1965 Kai Winding Rainy Day Verve 1965 Milt Jackson Ray Brown Milt Jackson Verve 1965 Roland Kirk amp Al Hibbler A Meeting of the Times Atlantic 1965 Stanley Turrentine Joyride Blue Note 1966 Bill Evans Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra Verve 1966 Clark Terry Mumbles Mainstream 1966 Eric Kloss Love and All That Jazz Prestige 1966 Gabor Szabo Gypsy 66 Impulse 1966 Jimmy McGriff The Big Band Solid State 1966 Kai Winding More Brass Dirty Dog Verve 1966 Shirley Scott Roll Em Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands Impulse 1967 Herbie Mann Glory of Love A amp M CTI 1967 Kai Winding Penny Lane amp Time Verve 1967 Stan Getz Sweet Rain Verve 1967 Jerome Richardson Groove Merchant Verve 1968 Peggy Lee 2 Shows Nightly Capitol 1968 Eddie Lockjaw Davis Love Calls RCA Victor 1968 Eddie Harris Plug Me In Atlantic 1968 Hubert Laws Laws Cause Atlantic 1968 Jimmy McGriff The Worm Solid State 1968 Johnny Hammond Smith Nasty Prestige 1968 Milt Jackson Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet Verve 1968 Nat Adderley You Baby A amp M CTI 1968 Roy Ayers Stoned Soul Picnic Atlantic 1968 Stan Getz What the World Needs Now Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David Verve 1969 Freddie Hubbard A Soul Experiment Atlantic 1969 Hubert Laws Crying Song CTI 1969 Lena Horne amp Gabor Szabo Lena amp Gabor Skye 1969 Aretha Franklin Soul 69 Atlantic 1969 Pearls Before Swine These Things Too Reprise 1969 Phil Woods Round Trip Verve 1969 Ron Carter Uptown Conversation Embryo 1969 Peggy Lee A Natural Woman Capitol 1971 Dizzy Gillespie Bobby Hackett amp Mary Lou Williams Giants Perception 1971 Pearls Before Swine Beautiful Lies You Could Live In Reprise 1971 Roberta Flack Quiet Fire Atlantic 1972 Eric Kaz If You re Lonely Atlantic 1972 Grant Green The Final Comedown Blue Note 1972 Boogaloo Joe Jones Snake Rhythm Rock Prestige 1973 Bette Midler Bette Midler Atlantic 1973 Leon Spencer Where I m Coming From Prestige 1973 Donny Hathaway Extension of a Man Atco 1973 Lou Donaldson Sophisticated Lou Blue Note 1973 Marlena Shaw From the Depths of My Soul Blue Note 1973 Paul Simon There Goes Rhymin Simon Columbia 1973 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly Atlantic 1973 Shirley Scott Superstition Cadet 1974 Arif Mardin Journey Atlantic 1974 Aretha Franklin With Everything I Feel in Me Atlantic 1974 Gato Barbieri Chapter Three Viva Emiliano Zapata Impulse 1974 Jack McDuff The Fourth Dimension Cadet 1975 Jack McDuff Magnetic Feel Cadet 1975 Hank Jones Hanky Panky East Wind 1975 Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years Columbia 1976 Etta Jones Ms Jones to You Muse 1976 Phoebe Snow Second Childhood Columbia 1976 Benny Carter Wonderland Pablo 1977 Kate amp Anna McGarrigle Dancer with Bruised Knees Warner Bros 1977 Phoebe Snow Never Letting Go Columbia 1978 Clifford Jordan The Adventurer Muse 1978 New York Jazz Quartet Blues for Sarka Enja 1979 Charles Earland Infant Eyes Muse 1980 Sarah Vaughan The Duke Ellington Songbook Vol 1 Pablo Today 1980 Sarah Vaughan The Duke Ellington Songbook Vol 2 Pablo Today 1981 Charles Earland Pleasant Afternoon Muse 1981 Carly Simon Torch Warner Bros 1981 Grover Washington Jr Come Morning Elektra 1982 Red Rodney The 3R s Muse 1982 Simon amp Garfunkel The Concert in Central Park Warner Bros 1983 Michel Legrand After the Rain 1983 Sadao Watanabe Fill Up the Night 1983 Willis Jackson Nothing Butt Muse 1986 Mark Murphy Living Room 1988 Peggy Lee Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues Capitol 1989 Maureen McGovern Naughty Baby 1990 Bette Midler Some People s Lives Atlantic 1990 Dizzy Gillespie The Winter in Lisbon Milan 1990 Peter Allen Making Every Moment Count RCA 1991 Bob Thiele Collective Louis Satchmo 1992 John Hicks Friends Old and New Novus RCA BMG 1993 Andre Previn What Headphones Angel 1993 Frank Morgan Listen to the Dawn Antilles 1994 1993 Stanley Turrentine If I Could MusicMasters Jazz 1993 Peggy Lee Love Held Lightly Rare Songs by Harold Arlen 1994 Oscar Peterson amp Itzhak Perlman Side by Side Telarc 1995 Andre Previn Andre Previn and Friends Play Show Boat Deutsche Grammophon 2003 Aaron Neville Nature Boy The Standards Album Verve Records 2007 Kenny Barron The Traveler Sunnyside References edit a b c Schudel Matt October 11 2017 Grady Tate drummer who helped drive 1960s soul jazz movement dies at 85 Washingtonpost com Retrieved October 15 2017 Sandomir Richard October 13 2017 Grady Tate prolific jazz drummer turned vocalist dies at 85 Boston Globe Retrieved May 11 2022 Sandomir Richard October 12 2017 Grady Tate Jazz Drummer Turned Vocalist Dies at 85 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved May 11 2022 Grady Tate Artist GRAMMY com a b c d e f Ginell Richard S January 14 1932 Allmusic Biography Allmusic com Retrieved October 29 2011 Cops and Robbers Aram Avakian motion picture Bibliographic Record Brief Display Performing Arts Encyclopedia Library of Congress March 22 2011 Retrieved October 29 2011 a b Chinen Nate October 10 2017 Grady Tate Prodigious Jazz Drummer and Noted Vocalist Dies at 85 NPR org Retrieved October 10 2017 External links editGrady Tate on Drummerworld com Grady Tate at IMDb Grady Tate Interview NAMM Oral History Library 1995 The Jazz Discography Project www jazzdisco org Grady Tate at AllMusic Grady Tate at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grady Tate amp oldid 1205035003, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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