Buddy Tate - Texas Tenor - New on CD

[thirdtry]

Delmark is releasing a Buddy Tate session from Sackville in September that hasn't been on CD before.

The great Texas tenor delivers the goods on this 1978 quartet session featuring the rhythm section of Wray Downes (piano), Dave Young (bass) and Pete Magadini (drums). Tate's first big break came in 1939 when at the age of 26 he joined the Count Basie band and took a killer solo on Rock A Bye Basie. After ten years with Basie, Tate led his own band for a twenty-year stint at Harlem's Celebrity Club, toured Europe, made club appearances and numerous recordings. Remixed from the original analog tapes this is the first issue on CD of this album.

1. June Night
2. If You Could See Me Now
3. Someday Sweetheart
4. Bye Bye Blackbird
5. Georgia On My mind
6. Alone Together
7. I'll Remember April

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LP82UQS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I1HYT6YFFVPAUM

Looks good to me!

P.S. - This CD is not to be confused with the recent Storyville Records 2CD packaging of two Tate sessions which also carries the same Texas Tenor title.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

That's a must have for me! Thanks for the plug.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I didn't know about the Storyville reissue, either. Thanks again.

The Storyville blurb on their website contains the following gem:

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Buddy Tate is one of the saxophonists that represent the Texas Tenor sound together with Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Guiffre and King Curtis

Giuffre may COME from Texas, but represent the Texas tenor sound? Har har. (OK, I HAVE got the 45 of 'Big boy'. Even so...)

MG

[John Tapscott]

Thanks for posting. I have several Tate recordings on Sackville in my collection and they're good ones, but don't have this one for some reason. So I pre-ordered it.

Edited August 20, 2014 by John Tapscott

[colinmce]

  On 8/20/2014 at 7:52 PM, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

I didn't know about the Storyville reissue, either. Thanks again.

The Storyville blurb on their website contains the following gem:

Buddy Tate is one of the saxophonists that represent the Texas Tenor sound together with Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Guiffre and King Curtis

Giuffre may COME from Texas, but represent the Texas tenor sound? Har har. (OK, I HAVE got the 45 of 'Big boy'. Even so...)

MG

His sound is pretty dusty and dry, even into the 60s, but uh, yeah, point taken. Booker Ervin maybe.