Buddy Tate

Mainstream fans will find this a pleasurable, compulsively swinging collection of the easy blowing sessions that Buddy Tate (1913-2001) made for Swingville. On “Tate’s Date” his huge, almost overwhelming sound is a reminder that, in 1959, surrounded by distinguished veterans and longstanding members of his group like Pat Jenkins, Eli Robinson, or Ben Richardson, he remained one of the greatest tenors of the swing era. And Sadik Hakim, the pianist on Charlie Parker’s famous Ko-ko recording session, added a bop flavor to the Tate entourage.

PERSONNEL:

CD 1 [1-6] from the album TATE'S DATE (Prestige-Swingville SVLP 2003)
PAT JENKINS, trumpet
ELI ROBINSON, trombone
BUDDY TATE, tenor sax
BEN RICHARDSON, baritone sax, clarinet, alto sax
ARGONNE THORNTON (as Sadik Hakim), piano
WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
OSIE JOHNSON, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, on December 18, 1959.

CD 1 [7-10] and CD 2 [1 & 2] from the album TATE-A-TATE (Prestige-Swingville SVLP 2014)
CLARK TERRY, trumpet
BUDDY TATE, tenor sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
LARRY GALES, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, on October 18, 1960.

CD 2 [3-9] from the album GROOVIN' with BUDDY TATE (Prestige-Swingville SVLP 2029)
BUDDY TATE, tenor sax
RONNELL BRIGHT, piano
WALLY RICHARDSON, guitar
GEORGE TUCKER, bass
ROY BROOKS, drums
Hackensack, New Jersey, on February 17, 1961.

CD 1

01. Me ‘n’ You
02. Idling
03. Blow Low
04. Moon Dog
05. No Kiddin’
06. Miss Ruby Jones
07. Groun’ Hog
08. Buddy’s Tate-A-Tate
09. Snatchin’ It Back
10. All Too Soon

CD 2

01. 1 Take the ‘A’ Train
02. #20 Ladbroke Square
03. 3 Blues for Trix
04. The Salt Mines
05. Lucky So and So
06. East of the Sun
07. Makin’ Whoopee
08. Boardwalk
09. Overdrive