Affinity · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Swinging Like Tate
| Recorded | Feb 12-26, 1958 |
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| Label | Affinity |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 14 credited players |
| Discogs | master 824391 |
The record
Earle Warren, Jo Jones and a horn section full of familiar names back Tate's clarinet and full-bodied tenor here, cut for Affinity in early 1958. Mainstream swing played loose and unhurried by men who'd built the style decades earlier.
Session personnel
- Earle Warren — alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Ben Richardson — alto saxophone, clarinet
- Aaron Bell — bass
- Joe Benjamin — bass
- Buddy Tate — clarinet
- Herbie Lovelle — drums
- Jo Jones — drums
- Chauncey Westbrook — guitar
- Everett Barksdale — guitar
- Skip Hall — piano
- Dickie Wells — trombone
- Eli Robinson — trombone
- Buck Clayton — trumpet
- Pat Jenkins — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1958 | Felsted · SJA 2004 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1958 | London Records · HA-F 21 — Vinyl, LP, Mono |
| 1958 | Felsted · FAJ 7004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | Barclay · 102004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1959 | Felsted · FAJ 7004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Discos London · TW 7004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1984 | Felsted · L20P 1182 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Obi |
| 1984 | Felsted · FAJ 704 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue |
| 1986 | Affinity — STEREO |
| 1988 | London Records · 820 599-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
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