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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Greg Abate
Person · male · United States · Fall River · born 1947 · recording since 1991
jazz musician
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Also known as グレッグ・エイベート
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Bop City Live at Birdland
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2020s
Biography
English biography171 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1349767639
Biography
Greg Abate (born May 31, 1947) is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet.
Career
After high school, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. After working for several years in California, he returned to Berklee in 1972 to finish his education. During a second trip to Los Angeles he was hired to play alto saxophone in the Ray Charles band in 1973 and '74.
Soon after, Abate formed a sextet called Channel One. The group's only album, Without Boundaries, was released in 1980. While living in Rhode Island, he became a member of Sax Odyssey, led by Tony Giorgianni, and Duke Bellair's Jazz Orchestra. In 1986 he was hired by Dick Johnson to play tenor saxophone in the Artie Shaw band. He has also appeared with Jerome Richardson and Red Rodney. He has taught at Rhode Island College.
In April 2016 Abate was among eight inductees for the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:04:38
1Straight Ahead6:262Kelly Blue7:343Denise Marie7:134Nica's Dream8:255Jessica6:4262-225:457Con Alma8:278Bossa for Gregory6:209It's All Right With Me7:461994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 59:50
1Tuning Pitch0:512Feels So Good to Play the Blues10:573My Mess With Jess8:454No Note Mama8:515Child's Play13:056Blisters on My Toes7:557P's Rough House9:261996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:10:21
1Buddy's Rendezvous9:402Boulevard of Broken Dreams7:513Even Stevens5:404Early Autumn7:405Gina's Song7:436After You've Gone4:047It Had to Be You7:058Manny's Major in Minor7:149Amazing Grace4:5010For Susan8:34Magic Dance: The Music of Kenny Barron
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:27:51
Disc 11Sunshower5:182Cook’s Bay6:103Golden Lotus7:544Innocence7:205Water Lily9:006Sonia Braga7:387Bud Like3:47Disc 21Lemuria6:152Concentric Circles4:523Rain8:294Voyage5:265Magic Dance5:356Song for Abdullah4:327And Then Again5:35
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bop City Live at BirdlandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:12:011Bop City5:03 2Minorism5:05 3What Is This Thing Called Love4:17 4The Gypsy7:58 5Peaks Beaks8:18 6Basting The Bird5:11 7Andromeda6:17 8These Foolish Things6:39 9The Young 'uns7:47 10Opportunity5:23 11Gemini Mood6:36 12Sax O'Blues3:27 | Live | 28 June 1991 | |
| 2016 | Kindred Spirits Live at Chan'sSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 2:04:00Disc 1 1Steeplechase (Thriving on a Riff)11:34 2A Sleepin' Bee11:37 3The End of a Love Affair9:43 4Angel Eyes8:29 5Cedar's Blues9:13 6Willow Weep for Me11:48 7Steeplechase (short version)4:40 8Fried Clams With Bellies (Spoken)1:34 9Phil and Sequel (Spoken)2:10 10Emotionally Involved (Spoken)0:57 11Different Keys (Spoken)0:15 Disc 21I'll Remember April9:22 2Moonlight in Vermont9:46 3Speak Low8:56 4Strollin'7:48 5Yardbird Suite9:25 6Moonlight in Vermont (short version)5:09 7The First One's Free (Spoken)1:34 | Live | 8 January 2016 | |
| 2019 | Gratitude: Stage Door Live @ the ZSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:11:301Gratitude7:38 2Bop Lives7:07 3Hazy Moon7:01 4In The Stratosphere5:28 5Farewell Phil Woods6:43 6Serenade to a Cuckoo4:48 7Jitterbug Waltz9:55 8Gemini6:14 9Dracula5:05 10For The Love Of Life5:14 11Inner Urge6:17 | Live | 2019 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Greg Abate head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greg Abate/Tad Newton International All Stars(band) | — | present | eponymous,flute,original |
| The Greg Abate/Tad Newton International All Stars(band) | — | present | alto saxophone,eponymous,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greg_Abate.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/013c480f-9f5b-4849-831a-21c865976a1cdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/013c480f-9f5b-4849-831a-21c865976a1ccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1544865genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1544865seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Abatebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Abate
Why this artist is in the database
- List of jazz musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: jazz
Image: Dispressa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1544865 · MusicBrainz: 013c480f-9f5b-4849-831a-21c865976a1c
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