Grady Tate, one of the most prolific drummers in the soul-jazz era beginning in the early 1960s who recorded on nearly 700 sessions and who easily could have had a career as a vocalist, died on October 8. He was 85. [Photo above courtesy of Drummerworld]
Tate began his recording career with Wild Bill Davis, the father of the jazz organ, on Davis's 1959 a…
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