Grady Tate is primarily known for his drumming (he played and recorded with the likes of Jimmy Smith, Simon and Garfunkel, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Astrud Gilberto, Count Basie and many others) but he also had an amazing voice! This 1968 LP I found at Daybreak Records the other day (now open at their new location!) is the first of six that Grady released as lead singer between 1968 and 1974. He also contributed vocals to several songs in the iconic "Schoolhouse Rock" series of educational tunes. His rendition of "The Windmills of Your Mind" (with Herbie Hancock on organ!) is probably one of the most beautiful things I've heard today. True, it's only 5:53am, but still. Wouldn't you kill to have windmills of the mind right now? Seems all anybody's got nowadays is helicopters.
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