Erskine Tate

Erskine Tate (* 19th December 1895 in Memphis , Tennessee ; † 17th December 1978 in Chicago ) was an American Jazz - Big Band -Leader and violinist of Swing .

Erskine Tate came to Chicago in 1912, where he directed an orchestra at the Vendome Theater from 1918 until the late 1920s . The repertoire consisted only partially of jazz titles ; But Tate employed numerous jazz musicians in his orchestra such as Everett Barksdale , Freddie Keppard , Buster Bailey , Jimmy Bertrand , Earl Hines , Stump Evans , Louis Armstrong ( Stomp Off Let's Go, Static Strut 1926), Bob Shoffner , Punch Miller , Omer Simeon , Preston Jackson , Fats Waller , Teddy Wilson, and others. Tate led an orchestra until the mid-1930s, when he worked as a music teacher.

literature

Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Tate, Erskine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz band leader and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Memphis , Tennessee , USA
DATE OF DEATH	17th December 1978
Place of death	Chicago