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A member of New York City’s creative music community, Brooklyn-residing bassist,
composer, and educator John Tate has performed throughout North America, Central
America, South America, Europe, and Australia with musicians including Von Freeman,
Matt Wilson, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Jeff Parker, Carl Allen, Rodney Jones,
Bill Carrothers, Victor Goines, and George Fludas, among others.

Tate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Performance from Northern Illinois University
and an Artist Diploma in Jazz Studies from the Juilliard School. During his time at
Juilliard, Tate studied under the distinguished bassist and pedagogue Ron Carter and
had the honor of performing with a twelve member bass choir including Christian
McBride and Buster Williams for the tribute concert Ron Carter at 75: A Life in
Music in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
Prior to New York, Tate was an in-demand bassist and educator in Chicago, IL. During
this time he was a member of the Moshier-Lebrun Collective, recording two albums with
the band, The Local Colorists (2013) and Touch and Go: The Studs Terkel Project
(2014), which the group recorded as the recipients of Chamber Music America’s New
Jazz Works Grant 2009 and were showcased on NPR’s JazzSet with Dee Dee
Bridgewater in May 2012. Tate also was a member of Marquis Hill’s Blacktet and
Fareed Haque’s Flat Earth Ensemble and recorded on Hill’s debut album New Gospel
(Skiptone 2011) and on Haque’s album Out of Nowhere (Charleston Square 2013.)
Tate’s new album Daylight Savings (Ears and Eyes 2015), is an acoustic bass and drum
exhibition with collaborator Charles Rumback. Recorded by John Hughes at HFT Studios
in Chicago, this release shines the spotlight on what is commonly the backdrop of most
jazz groups; the rhythm section. Rumback and Tate create an intimate and captivating
sound on each track.