Bud Shank

Clifford Everett Shank, Jr.

American Jazz musician (alto, baritone saxophone, flute, arrangements).
Born May 27, 1926, in Dayton, Ohio
Died April 2, 2009, in Tucson, Arizona.
Attended the University of North Carolina between 1944-1946 then moved to California where he studied with trumpeter/composer Shorty Rogers and played in the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1947-8) and Stan Kenton (1950-51). Though not often noted, Shank was among the first of modern jazz artists during the early 50`s to record using the flute.

He spent most of the '60s recording in L.A. studios before forming the L.A. Four in the '70s. Practiced jazz flute at times during this period, but reverted full-time to the alto saxophone, his main instrument for most of his career, in the mid-'80s.

In Groups:
Art Pepper + Eleven, Art Pepper Nine, Barney Kessel And His Men, Barney Kessel Quintet, Bill Perkins Octet, Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends, Bobby Troup And His Stars Of Jazz, Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers Quintet, Bud Shank And Bill Perkins Quintet, Bud Shank Orchestra, Bud Shank Quartet, Bud Shank With Strings, Buddy Collette And His Swinging Shepherds, Chet Baker Big Band, Chet Baker Sextet, Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra, Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Gerry Mulligan And The Jazz Combo, Gerry Mulligan Tentette, Henry Mancini And His Orchestra, Hot Rod Rumble Orchestra, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Ike Carpenter And His Orchestra, Jake Fryer/Bud Shank Quintet, Jimmy Giuffre's Orchestra, LA4, Lalo Schifrin & Orchestra, Laurindo Almeida Quartet, Leith Stevens' All Stars, Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra, Milt Bernhart And His Orchestra, Pete Rugolo And His All Stars, Pete Rugolo Orchestra, Russ Freeman Quartet, Russ Freeman-Bill Perkins Quintet, Russell Garcia And His Orchestra, Shelly Manne & His Men, Shorty Rogers And His Augmented "Giants", Shorty Rogers And His Giants, Shorty Rogers And His Orchestra, Shorty Rogers Big Band, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, The Bob Cooper Sextet, The Bud Shank / Bob Cooper Quintet, The Bud Shank Big Band, The Bud Shank Quintet, The Bud Shank Sextet, The Bud Shank-Bob Cooper Orchestra, The Buddy Bregman Orchestra, The Frankie Capp Percussion Group, The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra, The Marty Paich Dek-Tette, The Mystic Moods Orchestra, Vic Lewis West Coast All-Stars