Buddy Tate ~ Similar Artists

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Gene Ammons - 100% match to Buddy Tate

Eugene Ammons, 14 April 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 6 August 1974, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Ammons chose to make the tenor saxophone his instrument in preference to the piano played by his father, the famous boogie-woogie exponent Albert Ammons. Gene left school at the age... Read more

Ben Webster - 63% match to Buddy Tate

Benjamin Francis Webster, 27 March 1909, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, d. 20 September 1973, Amsterdam, Netherlands. After studying violin and piano, and beginning his professional career on the latter instrument, Webster took up the tenor saxophone around 1930. He quickly became... Read more

Herb Ellis - 53% match to Buddy Tate

Mitchell Herbert Ellis, 4 August 1921, Farmersville, Texas, USA. In 1941 Ellis attended North Texas State College, where his fellow students included Jimmy Giuffre. After graduation, he played guitar in a number of big bands, including the Casa Loma Orchestra and the Jimmy... Read more

Willis Jackson - 52% match to Buddy Tate

25 April 1928, Miami, Florida, USA, d. 25 October 1987, New York City, New York, USA. From his late teenage, Willis "Gator" Jackson played tenor saxophone in many bands in his home state before attending university where he studied music theory. From the late 40s into the... Read more