Grady Tate (14 Jan 1932 – 8 Oct 2017) was an pioneering jazz
and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist born in Durham, NC who moved to
NYC in 1963 to become the drummer for Quincy Jones.
He has played with many of the jazz greats including Ella Fitzgerald,
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmy Smith, Astrud Gilberto, Quincy Jones,
Stan Getz, Cal Tjader, Wes Montgomery, Eddie Harris and many others. He
was Creed Taylor's session drummer of choice .
Discogs lists 37 albums that he has featured on with around thirteen of
them solo albums between 1965-2018.
In 1974 he released a promo only single on Janus with a
cover of Jon Lucien's "Lady Love" (Rashida 1973) along with "Morning In Your Eyes". Neither of which have featured on any of his albums so the only way to
acquire them is via the original Janus promo, until now, as "Lady Love" is
being released on 7" vinyl by Ralph Tee's Expansion Records.
Rather than the original promo flip, Expansion has gone with another
cover, Van Morrison's "Moondance" (1970) which Tate recorded on his 1974 album "Movin' Day".
It is due for release in late August 2022 with pre-orders being taken via
Simply Soul
now.
| Rating: | 8.5 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Soul Jazz |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | Expansion |
| Cat No: | 7DOS7 |
| Date: | ??/08/2022 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £13 |
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