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Grady Tate, (born January 14, 1932 in Durham
Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina and also extends into Wake County, North Carolina county....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
), is a hard bop
Hard bop

Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing....
 and soul-jazz drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 and singer.

He has played with Lena Horne
Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne is an American singer and actress. She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, and Billy Eckstine....
, Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto is a Brazilian singer best known for her samba and bossa nova music, most famously as the vocalist on the Grammy Award-winning song "The Girl from Ipanema"....
, Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
, Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
, Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie was an United States jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop genre and known for her distinctive girlish voice....
, Chris Connor
Chris Connor

Chris Connor is a jazz singer known for her distinctive style and expression. She was born Mary Loutsenhizer to her father Clyde, a telegrapher and violinist, and her mother Mabel....
, Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an United States jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"....
, Ray Charles
Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an United States pianist, singer, and songwriter who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues....
, Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death....
, Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee was an United States jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota....
, Bill Evans
Bill Evans

William John Evans was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of the 20th century. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Denny...
, Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
, Count Basie
Count Basie

William "Count" Basie was an United States Jazz piano, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for almost 50 years....
, Tom Rapp
Tom Rapp

Thomas Dale Rapp is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the leader of Pearls Before Swine , the psychedelic folk rock group of the 1960s and 1970s....
, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was an United States jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was perhaps best known for his vitality on stage, where virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting and his famous ability to play a number of instruments simultaneously....
, Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine

Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophone....
, Charles Earland
Charles Earland

Charles Earland was an United States jazz composer, organist, and Saxophone in the soul jazz idiom....
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
, and Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an United States jazz guitarist. He is generally considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, and Pat Metheny....
.

Tate has a baritone voice and has released many albums as leader and vocalist.

moved to New York City in 1963 and gained the position of drummer in the band of Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
.

Grady Tate's drumming helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid 1960's and beyond.






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Grady Tate, (born January 14, 1932 in Durham
Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina and also extends into Wake County, North Carolina county....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
), is a hard bop
Hard bop

Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing....
 and soul-jazz drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 and singer.

He has played with Lena Horne
Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne is an American singer and actress. She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, and Billy Eckstine....
, Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto is a Brazilian singer best known for her samba and bossa nova music, most famously as the vocalist on the Grammy Award-winning song "The Girl from Ipanema"....
, Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
, Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
, Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie was an United States jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop genre and known for her distinctive girlish voice....
, Chris Connor
Chris Connor

Chris Connor is a jazz singer known for her distinctive style and expression. She was born Mary Loutsenhizer to her father Clyde, a telegrapher and violinist, and her mother Mabel....
, Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an United States jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"....
, Ray Charles
Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an United States pianist, singer, and songwriter who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues....
, Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death....
, Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee was an United States jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Academy Award-nominated actress. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota....
, Bill Evans
Bill Evans

William John Evans was one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of the 20th century. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists, including Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Denny...
, Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
, Count Basie
Count Basie

William "Count" Basie was an United States Jazz piano, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for almost 50 years....
, Tom Rapp
Tom Rapp

Thomas Dale Rapp is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the leader of Pearls Before Swine , the psychedelic folk rock group of the 1960s and 1970s....
, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was an United States jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was perhaps best known for his vitality on stage, where virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting and his famous ability to play a number of instruments simultaneously....
, Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine

Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophone....
, Charles Earland
Charles Earland

Charles Earland was an United States jazz composer, organist, and Saxophone in the soul jazz idiom....
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
, and Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an United States jazz guitarist. He is generally considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, and Pat Metheny....
.

Tate has a baritone voice and has released many albums as leader and vocalist.

Biography

Tate moved to New York City in 1963 and gained the position of drummer in the band of Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
.

Grady Tate's drumming helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid 1960's 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 the many classic Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery albums recorded on the Verve label in the 1960s.

Grady Tate was the drummer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a late-night Talk/Chat show hosted by Johnny Carson under the The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992....
 for six years.

Grady Tate's popularity as choice sideman of accomplished musicians is due to his remarkable intuitiveness and ability to make any style of music swing tastefully, and his interpretation of many different genres of music, in which he creates his own unique style of jazz grooves- i.e: Latin jazz, reggae jazz, rock jazz, funk jazz, etc. One album that demonstrates Mr. Tate's mastering of several musical styles may be heard on Jimmy Smith's Go For Whatcha Know (1986), which also features a vocal track by Grady Tate. An example of his virtuosic drumming abilities may be heard on Stan Getz's Sweet Rain (1967).

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.

He has been on the faculty of Howard University
Howard University

Howard University is a private university, coeducational, nonsectarian, Historically black colleges and universities university located in Washington, D.C., United States....
 since 1989.

Discography


As leader

  • 1968: Windmills of My Mind (Skye Records
    Skye Records

    Skye Records was a record label formed in early 1968 by vibist Cal Tjader, guitarist G?bor Szab? and composer Gary McFarland. In total the label released 21 different proper studio albums before Mcfarland's death in 1971....
    )
  • 1969: After The Long Drive Home (Skye Records
    Skye Records

    Skye Records was a record label formed in early 1968 by vibist Cal Tjader, guitarist G?bor Szab? and composer Gary McFarland. In total the label released 21 different proper studio albums before Mcfarland's death in 1971....
    )
  • 1971: Feeling Life (Skye Records
    Skye Records

    Skye Records was a record label formed in early 1968 by vibist Cal Tjader, guitarist G?bor Szab? and composer Gary McFarland. In total the label released 21 different proper studio albums before Mcfarland's death in 1971....
    )
  • 1972: She Is My Lady (Janus Records
    Janus Records

    Janus Records was a record label owned by GRT Corporation, also known as General Recorded Tape. Artists who had hits on Janus included Mungo Jerry, Cymande and Al Stewart, and Ray Stevens....
    )
  • 1975: By Special Request (Buddah Records
    Buddah Records

    Buddah Records was founded in 1967 by promotor Neil Bogart in New York City. It released a variety of music types, including bubblegum pop like the Ohio Express, the 1910 Fruitgum Company, solo performer writer-singer Melanie Safka, rhythm and blues artist Gladys Knight and the Pips, and rock and roller Captain Beefheart....
    )
  • 1977: Master Grady Tate (Impulse! Records
    Impulse! Records

    Impulse! Records was an American based jazz record label, originally launched in 1960 in music by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records in New York City....
    )
  • 1991: TNT (Milestone Records
    Milestone Records

    Milestone Records is a United States based jazz record label, founded in 1966 in music by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was incorporated into Fantasy Records in 1972, since then it has been used as a reissue as well as for new recordings....
    )
  • 1992: Body & Soul (Milestone Records
    Milestone Records

    Milestone Records is a United States based jazz record label, founded in 1966 in music by Orrin Keepnews and Dick Katz in New York City. The company was incorporated into Fantasy Records in 1972, since then it has been used as a reissue as well as for new recordings....
    )

As sideman

  • 1964: Jimmy Smith
    Jimmy Smith (musician)

    Jimmy Smith was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument. In 2005, Jimmy Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians....
     - The Cat
    The Cat (album)

    The Cat is an album by Jimmy Smith , released in 1964 in music by Verve Records. It features the sound of Smith's Hammond B-3 organ with big band arrangements by composer Lalo Schifrin....
  • 1964: Nat Adderley
    Nat Adderley

    Nathaniel Adderley was an United States jazz cornet and trumpet player who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. He was the brother of saxophonist Julian Cannonball Adderley....
     - Autobiography
    Autobiography (Nat Adderley album)

    Autobiography was the ninth album by jazz cornet Nat Adderley. It was released in 1964 as a vinyl record, his first after moving to Atlantic Records....
  • 1966: Gábor Szabó
    Gábor Szabó

    G?bor Szab? was a Hungarian people jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Music of Hungary....
     - Gypsy '66
    Gypsy '66

    Gypsy '66 is an album by G?bor Szab?....
  • 1967: Stan Getz
    Stan Getz

    Stanley Gayetzky or Stanley Gayetsky , usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz saxophone player. Known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, Getz's prime influence was the wispy, mellow tone of his idol, Lester Young....
     - Sweet Rain
    Sweet Rain

    Sweet Rain is a jazz album by Stan Getz on the verve records record label....
  • 1969: Freddie Hubbard
    Freddie Hubbard

    Frederick Dewayne Hubbard was an United States jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60s and on....
     - A Soul Experiment
    A Soul Experiment

    A Soul Experiment is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was his third release on the Atlantic Records label and features performances by Hubbard, Carlos Garnett, Kenny Barron, Gary Illingworth, Billy Butler , Eric Gale, Jerry Jemmott, and Grady Tate....
  • 1969: Pearls Before Swine
    Pearls Before Swine (band)

    Pearls Before Swine was an United States psychedelic folk band formed by Tom Rapp in 1965 in Eau Gallie, Florida, now part of Melbourne, Florida....
     - These Things Too
    These Things Too

    These Things Too was the third album by American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine , and their first for Reprise Records. It was released in 1969....
  • 1971: Pearls Before Swine
    Pearls Before Swine (band)

    Pearls Before Swine was an United States psychedelic folk band formed by Tom Rapp in 1965 in Eau Gallie, Florida, now part of Melbourne, Florida....
     - Beautiful Lies You Could Live In
    Beautiful Lies You Could Live In

    ... Beautiful Lies You Could Live In was the sixth album credited to American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine , and their fourth on Reprise Records....
  • 1973: Bette Midler
    Bette Midler

    Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
     - Bette Midler
    Bette Midler (album)

    Bette Midler is the eponymous second studio album by American female vocalist Bette Midler, released in 1973 on the Atlantic Records label. ...
  • 1973: Paul Simon
    Paul Simon

    Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
     - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
    There Goes Rhymin' Simon

    There Goes Rhymin' Simon is a studio album by United States musician Paul Simon, released on May 5, 1973. It was his most rushed-released studio album, sixteen months after his debut, sophomore album....
  • 1976: Phoebe Snow - Second Childhood
    Second Childhood

    Second Childhood is the second album by singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow , released in 1976 ....
  • 1977: Kate and Anna McGarrigle
    Kate and Anna McGarrigle

    Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a Canadian folk music duo from Quebec....
     - Dancer with Bruised Knees
    Dancer with Bruised Knees

    Dancer with Bruised Knees is a 1977 album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle.Although not as well-received as their classic 1975 Kate and Anna McGarrigle , it is still considered a strong record, with several notable folk musicians on hand to contribute a Bluegrass music feel to many of the tracks....
  • 1989: Maureen McGovern
    Maureen McGovern

    Maureen Therese McGovern is an United States singer and Broadway theatre actor, widely known for her premier rendition of the 1973 hit, "The Morning After"....
     - Naughty Baby
    Naughty Baby (Maureen McGovern album)

    Naughty Baby is a live album by Maureen McGovern. It was recorded at Studio A at Clinton Recording Studios in New York City.The album consists of 24 songs that were all co-written by George Gershwin , one of them was a lost song entitled "A Corner of Heaven With You" ....
  • 1990: Bette Midler
    Bette Midler

    Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....
     - Some People's Lives
    Some People's Lives

    Some People's Lives is the seventh studio album by American singer Bette Midler, released on the Atlantic Records label in 1990. It contains one of her biggest hits, "From A Distance", which won her a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991....


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