R.I.P. Grady Tate

The American jazz drummer and vocalist Grady Tate has died. He was 85. The cause: complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

He was one of my favourite drummers. There’s a good chance he was one of your favourite drummers too – even if you think you didn’t know his playing there’s every chance you did. He played with Quincy Jones and Bette Midler, Billy Tay…