Buddy Tate – Swinging Like Tate

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

For this CD reissue, which brings back material originally recorded by Stanley Dance for the Felsted label, veteran swing tenor Buddy Tate is heard at the head of two different groups for three obscure songs apiece. The first half has Tate leading his Celebrity Club Orchestra, a four-horn octet that lacked any big names but worked regularly throughout the era. For the second half, Tate is teamed with some of the Count Basie alumni including trumpeter Buck Clayton, trombonist Dicky Wells, altoist Earle Warren and drummer Jo Jones. The music overall is fine mainstream jazz of the 1950's that is easily recommended to straightahead jazz fans although little unexpected or all that memorable occurs.

00:00 A1 Bottle It (Hall) 05:59 A2 Walk That Walk (Wells) 14:31 A3 Miss Sadie Brown (Robinson) 20:27 B1 Moon Eyes (Tate) 28:04 B2 Rockin' Steve (Clayton) 35:04 B3 Rompin' With Buck (Tate) Alto Sax,Baritone Sax – Earle Warren (tracks: B1 to B3) Alto Saxe,Clarinet – Ben Richardson (tracks: A1 to A3) Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: B1 to B3), Joe Benjamin (tracks: A1 to A3) Drums – Herbie Lovelle (tracks: A1 to A3), Jo Jones (tracks: B1 to B3) Guitar – Everett Barksdale (tracks: A1 to A3), Lord Westbruck (tracks: B1 to B3) Piano – Skip Hall Tenor Sax, Clarinet – Buddy Tate Trombone – Dickie Wells (tracks: B1 to B3), Eli Robinson (tracks: A1 to A3) Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: B1 to B3), Pat Jenkins (2) (tracks: A1 to A3) Track A 1 to A3: New York, February 26th, 1958 Track B1 to B3:New York, February 12th, 1958
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