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Frank Tate was born in Washington, D.C. He started playing bass when he was 23 in Greensboro, NC. In '68 he decided to head back to D.C., where he eventually became leader of the house band at Blues Alley. In 1975 Frank moved to New York to join the Marian McPartland Trio. He also began to freelance and worked with Bobby Hackett, Dave McKenna, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Joe Venuti, Lionel Hampton and Wild Bill. From '85 to '90, Frank toured with Pearl Bailey. Most recently, he joined the newly formed Ruby Braff trio, that includes Howard Alden.
A note from Nick DeCarlis:
I’m really excited about the opportunity to play with Frank. Not only a terrific bassist, he really knows about Bobby Hackett – he actually played in his last groups. But you may not know that he he grew up playing trumpet and had many of Bobby’s records, from which he memorized Bobby’s solos!
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