Monday, August 23, 2010

Downbeat Magazine - Grady Tate/North Carolina Central University Jazz Festival

"For 12 years he [Grady Tate] was the driving force behind the annual Grady Tate/North Carolina Central University Jazz Festival…Tate has played with the Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras. In the studio Tate has played on more than 5,000 albums as house drummer for producers like Quincy Jones and Creed Taylor, backing artists from Stan Getz to Aretha Franklin.”    

- Downbeat Magazine

No comments:

Post a Comment