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Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra
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Erskine Tate (January 14, 1895, Memphis, Tennessee – December 17, 1978, Chicago) was an American jazz violinist and bandleader. Tate moved to Chicago in 1912 and was an early figure on the Chicago jazz scene, playing with his band, the Vendome Orchestra, at the Vendome Theater, which was located at 31st and State Street. The Vendome was a movie house, and Tate's band played during silent films; among its members were Louis Armstrong (trumpet), Freddie Keppard (cornet), Buster Bailey (saxophone), Jimmy Bertrand (drums), Ed Atkins (trombone), and Teddy Weatherford (piano), as well as Stomp Evans, Bob Shoffner, Punch Miller, Omer Simeon, Preston Jackson, Fats Waller, and Teddy Wilson. In the mid-1930s, Tate retired from active performance and became a music teacher. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
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That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, 1895-1950 Volume 1 (Disc 5)
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CD 1 - Stopm Off, Let's Go 1923-1927
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Jazz Session Vol.03
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The Jazzy Twenties
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Louis Armstrong - Potato Head Blues
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Breaking Out Of New Orleans, CD C
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man 1923-1934
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A Rare Batch Of Jazz Vol 2
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Breaking Out of New Orleans (Disc 3)
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Big Band Chicago
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Old New Orleans All Stars, Vol. 1