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American jazz musician
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Place of birth
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Place of death
New York City, New York, USA
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85 years
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Hillside High School
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Biography

Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 – October 8, 2017) 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.

Biography

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

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.

During the 1970s he 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 he has 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.

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. For the 1973 motion picture Cops And Robbers, Tate sang the title song, written by Michel Legrand and Jacques Wilson. 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 he 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.

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

Discography

As leader

  • 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

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&M/CTI)
  • 1969 Stonebone (A&M/CTI [Japan])

With Quincy Jones

  • 1964 Golden Boy (Mercury)
  • 1969 Walking in Space (A&M/CTI)
  • 1970 Gula Matari (A&M/CTI)
  • 1971 Smackwater Jack (A&M/CTI)
  • 1972 The Hot Rock OST (Prophesy)
  • 1973 You've Got It Bad Girl (A&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 & 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

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