Buddy Tate (musician)

Buddy Tate (musician)

George Holmes "Buddy" Tate (February 22 1913, Sherman, TexasFebruary 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. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/music/muze/index.pl?site=radio2&action=biography&artist_id=29825&rand= BBC - Music - Help/How to find ] ]

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.

References

External links

* [http://music.aol.com/artist/buddy-tate/7658/biography AOL music]
* [http://www.jazzcanadiana.on.ca/_TATE.htm Jazz Canadia]
* [http://www.jazzinchicago.org/Internal/Articles/tabid/43/ctl/ArticleView/mid/522/articleId/402/BuddyTate.aspx Jazz Institute of Chicago on Buddy Tate]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DEED8143EF93BA25756C0A960948260 New York Times on a 1986 tribute to Buddy Tate]


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