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Bud Shank, 82, who brought Brazilian music to U.S. audiences, helped define "cool jazz" in the 1950s and played the dreamlike flute solo on The Mamas and the Papas' 1965 hit "California Dreamin'," died April 2 at his home in Tucson, Ariz. He had a lung ailment.

Mr. Shank was a versatile musician whose 60-year career took him from the big bands of the 1940s to the Hollywood studios and to renewed respect as an innovator late in life. His style evolved with age as he burnished his reputation as one of the most important musicians of his generation.