Bud Shank stories:
Bud Shank dies at 82; alto saxophonist was immersed in West Coast ...
Apr 5th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Bud Shank, the alto saxophonist who was a key figure in the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s, has died. He was 82. Shank died Thursday night at his home in Tucson of pulmonary failure...
Musician pioneered West Coast jazz scene
Apr 6th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
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...
Bud Shank videos from YouTube:
2:54Bud Shank "Against the Tide" DVD Documentary
New documentary on jazz alto sax legend Bud Shank available from Jazzed Media on DVD, with a bonus CD! Go to www.jazzedmedia.com to order the DVD/CD combo.
7:24Bud Shank - Nature Boy - Nocturne For Flute
Bud Shank - Nature Boy - Nocturne For Flute Bud Shank (as, fl) Claude Williamson (pf) Don Prell (b) Chuck Flores (ds) Recorded in Jan 1956 Pacific Jazz PJ 1215
8:08Bud Shank & Clare Fischer 'Misty' on Frankly Jazz
Frankly Jazz was a half-hour television program produced in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. Each program featured one or more prominent West Coast Jazz performer of the day. Frankly Jazz was hosted by Frank Evans, a leading jazz disk jockey of the day. Bud Shank plays 'Misty' on this episode.
4:30SV - Bud Shank - Jasmine
Spinning Vinyl, Bud Shank From the album, The Talents of Bud Shank, Jasmine. Bud Shank - Alto Sax Bob Enevolosen, Stu Williamson, Maynard Fergusson - Valve Trombone Claude Williamson - Piano Joe Mondraggon - Bass Shelly Manne - Drums Turntable, Pioneer PL-530
Bud Shank from WikiPedia:
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He played flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, on various recording sessions including The Zodiac : Cosmic Sounds, and occasionally in live performances (as with The L.A. Four) until he gave it up later in his career to focus exclusively on the alto saxophone. He also recorded one album playing only tenor saxophone.
Bud Shank was born in Dayton, Ohio. He began with clarinet in Vandalia, Ohio, but had switched to saxophone before attending the University of North Carolina. While at UNC, Shank was initiated into the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. In 1946 he worked with Charlie Barnet before moving on to Kenton and the West coast jazz scene. He also had a strong interest in what might now be termed world music, playing bossa nova in the early 1950s (years before it became a craze), and in 1962 fusing jazz with Indian traditions in collaboration with Indian composer and sitar-player Ravi Shankar.
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