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Grady Tate : biography

January 14, 1932 –

Grady Tate (born January 14, 1932) is a 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.

Discography

As leader

  • 1968: Windmills of My Mind (Skye Records)
  • 1970: After The Long Drive Home (Skye Records)
  • 1971: Feeling Life (Skye Records)
  • 1972: She Is My Lady (Janus Records)
  • 1975: By Special Request (Buddah Records)
  • 1977: Master Grady Tate (Impulse! Records)
  • 1991: TNT (Milestone Records)
  • 1992: Body & Soul (Milestone Records)
  • 2006: From the Heart: Songs Sung Live at the Blue Note (Half Note Records)

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: 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)
  • 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 Records)
  • 1981: Grover Washington Jr – Be Mine (Tonight)-vocals
  • 1981: Grover Washington Jr – Little Black Samba – vocals
  • 1982: Simon and Garfunkel – The Concert in Central Park
  • 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)