[2] According to the website All About Jazz, "Tate was performing in public as early as 1925 in a band called McCloud's Night Owls.

"[3] Tate's 2001 New York Times obituary stated that "he began his career in the late 1920s, playing around the Southwest with bands led by Terrence Holder, Andy Kirk and Nat Towles.

[2] In 1979, Tate's hometown invited him to play a concert at Austin College's Sid Richardson Center as part of The Sherman Symphony Pops Series.

[6] Accompanying Tate were Jay McShann, Claude Williams, Buster Smith and Paul Gunther.

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