Erskine Tate 1895

Violinista, polistrumentista, direttore d’orchestra statunitense (Memphis, Tennessee, 19.12.1895 – Chicago, Illinois, 17.12.1978). Studia musica al Lane College di Jackson (Tennessee) e all’American Conservatory di Chicago. Esordisce a Chicago nel 1912 e suona all’inaugurazione del Vendome Theatre nel 1919 con la sua orchestra. L’Esrkine Tate’s Vendome Symphony Orchestra, formazione di nove musicisti che ne comprenderà quindici negli anni ’20.

Si esibisce al Vendome fino al 1928, in seguito si trasferisce al Metropolitan Theatre per due anni e poi al Michigan Theatre fino al 1932, per proseguire quindi la sua attività di direttore d’orchestra a Chicago inao la 1945, anno in cui diviene professore di musica.

Erskine Tate ha utilizzato numerosi jazzmen nei suoi concerti, i cui repertori andavano dall’hot jazz a brani di musica sinfonica. Per questo motivo hanno suonato con lui, fra i tanti, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Keppard, Buster Bailey, Stump Evans, Teddy Weatherford, Eddie South, Omer Simeon e Jabbo Smith.
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[M. R.]

Violinist, multi-instrumentalist, American conductor (Memphis, Tennessee, 19.12.1895 - Chicago, Illinois, 17.12.1978). He studies music at Lane College in Jackson (Tennessee) and the American Conservatory in Chicago. He made his debut in Chicago in 1912. Then he played at the inauguration of the Vendome Theater, in 1919, with his orchestra. The Erskine Tate's Vendome Symphony Orchestra, a formation of nine musicians, will include fifteen in the 1920s.

He performed at the Vendome until 1928, then moved to the Metropolitan Theater for two years. Then to the Michigan Theater until 1932 to continue his activity as a conductor in Chicago in or 1945. In the same year in which he became a professor of music.

Erskine Tate has used numerous jazz musicians in her concerts, whose repertoires ranged from hot jazz to symphonic music. For this reason, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Keppard, Buster Bailey, Stump Evans, Teddy Weatherford, Eddie South, Omer Simeon, and Jabbo Smith have played with him, among others.
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[M. R.]