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Wybrana dyskografia 1958 Swinging Like Tate (Felsted Records) 1959 The Madison Beat (Harmony Records) Tate’s Date (Sanville) Very Saxy – Eddie „Lockjaw” Davis–Buddy Tate–Coleman Hawkins–Arnett Cobb (Prestige) 1960 Tate’s Date (Swingville) Tate-a-Tate – Buddy Tate with Clark Terry (Fantasy) 1961 Buck & Buddy – Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate Buck Clayton with Buddy Tate – Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues (Swingville) 1962 Groovin’ with Buddy Tate (Swingville) Buddy Tate–Victoria Spivey–Lucille Hegamin–Hannah Sylvester – A Basket of Blues (Spivey Records) 1967 Buddy Tate avec Milton Buckner – When I’m Blue (Black & Blue) 1968 Milt Buckner–Buddy Tate – Crazy Rhythm (Black & Blue) 1972 Earl Hines–Jonah Jones–Buddy Tate–Cozy Cole – Back on the Street (Chiaroscuro Records) Buddy Tate – Jumpin’ on the West Coast!