Buddy Tate – Tate A Tate

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

This LP reissue of a Storyville set (which has not yet been put out on CD) matches the distinctive tenor Buddy Tate with trumpeter Clark Terry and a fine rhythm section (pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Larry Gales and drummer Art Taylor). The swinging unit performs three C.T. originals, Tate's "#20 Ladbroke Square" and two standards ("Take the 'A' Train" and "All Too Soon"). The music is enjoyable and practically defines mainstream jazz of the era.

00:00 A1 Groun' Hog 08:16 A2 Tate-A-Tate 12:30 A3 Snatchin' It Back 18:12 B1 #20 Ladbroke Square 24:36 B2 All Too Soon 28:53 B3 Take The "A" Train Bass – Larry Gales Drums – Arthur Taylor Piano - Tommy Flanagan Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Tate Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Clark Terry Recorded October 18, 1960 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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