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Grady Tate January 14 1932 - October 8 2017 Was An American Hard Bop And Soul-Jazz Drummer And Singer With A Distinctive Baritone Voice. In Addition To His Work As Sideman Tate Has Released Many Albums As Leader And Vocalist As Well As Lent His Voice To A Number Of Songs In The Schoolhouse Rock! Series. Tate Was Born In Hayti Durham North Carolina. 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. Tate Was The Drummer On The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson For Six Years. 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 And Wes Montgomery. 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. He Has Been On The Faculty Of Howard University Since 1989. 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 1963 Gary McFarland – The In Sound Verve 1964 Ben Webster – See You At The Fair Impulse! 1964 Lalo Schifrin – New Fantasy Verve 1964 Jimmy Smith – The Cat Verve 1964 Nat Adderley – Autobiography Atlantic 1964 Oliver Nelson – More Blues And The Abstract Truth Impulse! 1964 Lou Donaldson – Rough House Blues Argo 1964 Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce Verve 1964 J. J. Johnson – J.J.! RCA Victor 1964 Budd Johnson - Off The Wall Argo - With Joe Newman
1965 Milt Jackson – Ray Brown / Milt Jackson Verve - With Ray Brown
1965 Johnny Hodges With Wild Bill Davis – Joe's Blues Verve 1965 Dorothy Ashby – The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of Dorothy Ashby Atlantic 1965 Cal Tjader – Soul Bird Whiffenpoof Verve 1965 Illinois Jacquet – Spectrum Argo 1965 Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler – A Meeting Of The Times Atlantic 1965 Jimmy Smith – Organ Grinder Swing Verve 1965 Jimmy Smith – Monster Verve 1965 Lalo Schifrin – Once A Thief And Other Themes Verve 1965 Stanley Turrentine – Joyride Blue Note 1965 Gary McFarland And Clark Terry – Tijuana Jazz Impulse! 1965 Kai Winding – Rainy Day Verve 1965 Dave Pike – Jazz For The Jet Set Atlantic 1965 J. J. Johnson – Broadway Express RCA Victor 1966 Shirley Scott – Roll 'Em Shirley Scott Plays The Big Bands Impulse! 1966 Eric Kloss – Love And All That Jazz Prestige 1966 Jimmy Smith – Got My Mojo Workin' Verve 1966 Jimmy Smith – Hoochie Coochie Man Verve 1966 Gábor Szabó – Gypsy '66 Impulse! 1966 Jimmy McGriff – The Big Band Solid State 1966 Kai Winding – More Brass Dirty Dog Verve 1966 Oliver Nelson – Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle Impulse! 1966 Clark Terry – Mumbles Mainstream 1966 Oliver Nelson – Sound Pieces Impulse! 1966 Oliver Nelson – Happenings Impulse! - With Hank Jones
1966 Oliver Nelson – Encyclopedia Of Jazz Verve 1966 Oliver Nelson – The Sound Of Feeling Verve 1966 J. J. Johnson – The Total J.J. Johnson RCA Victor 1966 Johnny Hodges - Blue Notes Verve 1967 Kenny Burrell – A Generation Ago Today Verve 1967 Oliver Nelson – The Spirit Of '67 Impulse! - With Pee Wee Russell
1967 Kai Winding – Penny Lane & Time Verve 1967 Oliver Nelson – The Kennedy Dream Impulse! 1967 Stan Getz – Sweet Rain Verve 1967 Johnny Hodges – Don't Sleep In The Subway Verve 1967 Herbie Mann – Glory Of Love A&M/CTI 1968 Stan Getz – What The World Needs Now Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach And Hal David Verve 1968 Kenny Burrell – Blues – The Common Ground Verve 1968 Hubert Laws – Laws' Cause Atlantic 1968 Roy Ayers – Stoned Soul Picnic Atlantic 1968 Eddie Harris – Plug Me In Atlantic 1968 Billy Taylor – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free Tower 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 Solid State 1969 Freddie Hubbard – A Soul Experiment Atlantic 1969 Billy Taylor – Sleeping Bee MPS 1969 J. J. Johnson And Kai Winding – Stonebone A&M/CTI Japan 1969 Ron Carter – Uptown Conversation Embryo 1969 Hubert Laws – Crying Song CTI 1969 Lena Horne And Gábor Szabó – Lena & Gabor Skye 1969 Pearls Before Swine – These Things Too Reprise 1969 Quincy Jones – Walking In Space A&M/CTI 1969 Phil Woods – Round Trip Verve 1970 Johnny Hodges – 3 Shades Of Blue Flying Dutchman 1970 Quincy Jones – Gula Matari A&M/CTI 1971 Dizzy Gillespie Bobby Hackett And Mary Lou Williams – Giants Perception 1971 Pearls Before Swine – Beautiful Lies You Could Live In Reprise 1971 Quincy Jones – Smackwater Jack A&M/CTI 1972 Grant Green – The Final Comedown Blue Note 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 Blue Note 1973 Marlena Shaw – From The Depths Of My Soul Blue Note 1973 Bette Midler – Bette Midler Atlantic 1973 Shirley Scott – Superstition Cadet 1973 Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin' Simon Columbia 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 1975 Hank Jones – Hanky Panky East Wind 1976 Etta Jones - Ms. Jones To You Muse 1976 Phoebe Snow – Second Childhood Columbia 1976 Houston Person – The Big Horn Muse 1977 Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Dancer With Bruised Knees Warner Bros. 1977 Billy Taylor – Live At Storyville West 54 1977 Houston Person – The Nearness Of You Muse 1978 Clifford Jordan – The Adventurer Muse 1978 New York Jazz Quartet – Blues For Sarka Enja 1979 Red Rodney - The 3R's Muse Released 1982 1980 Willis Jackson - Nothing Butt... Muse Rel. 1983 1981 Grover Washington Jr. – Come Morning Elektra - With Tate On Vocals
1982 Simon & Garfunkel – The Concert In Central Park Warner Bros. 1983 Michel Legrand – After The Rain
1983 Sadao Watanabe – Fill Up The Night
1986 Jimmy Smith – Go For Whatcha Know Blue Note 1988 Peggy Lee – Miss Peggy Lee Sings The Blues Capitol 1989 Maureen McGovern – Naughty Baby
1990 Dizzy Gillespie – The Winter In Lisbon Milan 1990 Bette Midler – Some People's Lives Atlantic 1990 Jimmy Smith – Fourmost Recorded Live At Fat Tuesday's NYC Milestone - With Stanley Turrentine Kenny Burrell
1990 Jimmy Smith – Fourmost Return Milestone Rel. 2001 - With Stanley Turrentine And Kenny Burrell
1991 Bob Thiele Collective – Louis Satchmo
1992 John Hicks – Friends Old And New Novus/RCA/BMG 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 Telarc 1995 Lalo Schifrin – Firebird Jazz Meets The Symphony No. 3 Four Winds 2007 Kenny Barron - The Traveler Sunnyside read less