Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
Genres: jazz, saxophone, instrumental, USA, clarinet
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About Buddy Tate
George Holmes "Buddy" Tate (February 22, 1913, Sherman, Texas – February 10, 2001, Chandler, Arizona) was a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. He has been counted as one of the great tenor saxophonists of his generation and was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. He began on alto saxophone, but quickly switched to tenor making a name for himself in bands like Andy Kirk's. He joined Count Basie's band in 1939 and stayed with him until 1948. He had been selected by Basie due to the sudden death of Herschel Evans, which Tate states he predicted in a dream. After his period with Basie ended he worked with several other bands before his own gained success starting in 1953 in Harlem. His band would work at the "Celebrity Club" there until 1974. After that he co-led a band with Paul Quinichette and worked with Benny Goodman in the late 1970s. In 1981 he was seriously injured by scalding water at a hotel shower and later suffered from a serious illness. The 1990s saw him slow down, but he remained active playing with Lionel Hampton among others. In 1992 he also took part in the documentary, Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story. He lived in New York until 2001 when he moved to Arizona to be cared for by his daughter. He died soon after, aged 87.
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Buddy Tate — Top 30 songs of 41
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Buddy Tate | Mack the Knife | ||
| Buddy Tate | Birdland Betty | ||
| Buddy Tate | Boardwalk | ||
| Buddy Tate | Idling | ||
| Buddy Tate | I'm Just a Lucky so and So | ||
| Buddy Tate | All of me | ||
| Buddy Tate | Indian summer | ||
| Buddy Tate | Jenny' s blues | ||
| Buddy Tate | Mac The Knife | ||
| Buddy Tate | Jumpin' At The Woodside | ||
| Buddy Tate | Me 'N' You | ||
| Buddy Tate | Miss Sadie Brown | ||
| Buddy Tate | Rompin' With Buck | ||
| Buddy Tate | Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You | ||
| Buddy Tate | Jive at Five [Alternate Take] | ||
| Buddy Tate | Jive at Five [Take 1][#] | ||
| Buddy Tate | Makin' Whoopee | ||
| Buddy Tate | Moon Eyes | ||
| Buddy Tate | Nat Simkins | ||
| Buddy Tate | Nat Simkins | ||
| Buddy Tate | No Kiddin' | ||
| Buddy Tate | Rockin' Steve | ||
| Buddy Tate | The Salt Mines | ||
| Buddy Tate | Walk That Walk | ||
| Buddy Tate | N006C15L Dy By Day | ||
| Buddy Tate | Do you know it mean to miss New Orleans | ||
| Buddy Tate | East of the Sun | ||
| Buddy Tate | Moon Dog | ||
| Buddy Tate | Topsy | ||
| Buddy Tate | Manhattan |