Buddy Tate Papers circa1955-1985

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Buddy Tate Papers circa1955-1985

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv22534

Buddy Tate was a jazz tenor saxophonist andclarinetist. The collection includes band books, performance suits, photographs, andephemera.

6.5 cubic feet, excluding a steamer trunk (13.7c.f.)

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives

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Tate, Buddy

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George Holmes "Buddy" Tate was a jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Tate was born in Sherman, Texas in February of 1915. He was associated with Count Basie from 1934 to 1949. From 1953 to the 1974, Tate secured a residency for his own band at the Celebrity Club in Harlem. He played also with several other bands, including Benny Goodman, traveled through the festival circuit in Europe, made numerous recordings, and remained active well into the 1990s. Tate died in Arizona in Feb...