Grady Tate
Grady Tate was the kind of musician who could make drumsticks sing and a microphone swing. Born in 1932, this North Carolina native built a legendary career as both a powerhouse jazz drummer and a velvet-voiced vocalist. He became the rhythmic backbone for icons like Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Quincy Jones, while his smooth baritone voice graced everything from jazz standards to Sesame Street segments (you might recognize him as the voice of the "What Happens Next?" machine!). As a solo artist, Tate blended jazz sophistication with soulful warmth on albums like *She Is My Lady* and *Windmills Of My Mind*, proving he was just as compelling front-and-center as he was behind the kit. When he wasn't recording or touring, you might've caught him dropping wisdom as a jazz educator before his passing in 2017. Talk about leaving the beat better than he found it!
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