Grady Tate

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Jazz and session master drummer Grady Tate passed away October 8th at age 85.

 

One of the World's most recorded drummers; you have certainly heard him on many recordings and very likely own albums with him on, too.

 

In the 1960s he was house drummer for Verve records, appearing on albums by Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith and many, many more.

 

A consummate professional who was as at home in almost any musical situation; but he was not really a rock drummer, although he must have played rock sessions.

 

His session discography must be so enormous it would be impossible to collate and list it. The Wiki entry lists only a fraction of his work.

 

R.I.P.

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The Wiki entry lists only a fraction of his work.

 

And it's still a heck of a list...

 

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)

1990: Jimmy Smith – Fourmost Return (Milestone [rel. 2001])

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)