Original sentence: Following stints with Coleridge Davis and Stuff Smith in the 1940s, in the early 1950s Pate was recording on Chess Records with Eddie South and his Orchestra, credited on bass and arrangements, and which was the first of a series of Chess recordings in which Pate collaborated with saxophonist Eddie Johnson until 1958.He also led a trio in the clubs and recorded for a number of local labels
Edited sentence: Following stints with Coleridge Davis and Stuff Smith in the 1940s, in 1951 Pate was recording on Chess Records with Eddie South and his Orchestra, credited on bass and arrangements.Johnny Pate's trio recorded for a number of local labels.This which was also  the first of a series of Chess recordings on which Pate collaborated with saxophonist Eddie Johnson