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 (Clark Terry) 08:12 A2 Tate-A-Tate (Clark Terry) 12:22 A3 Snatchin' It Back (Clark Terry) 18:00 B1 #20 Ladbroke Square (Edwards Tate) 24:22 B2 All Too Soon (Sigman,Ellington) 28:35 B3 Take The "A" Train (Strayhorn) Bass – Larry Gales Drums – Arthur Taylor Piano – Tommy Flanagan Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Tate Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Clark Terry Recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ
October 18, 1960
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