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Bud Shank
Bud Shank in 2006
Bud Shank in 2006
Background information
Born May 27, 1926 (1926-05-27) (age 82)
Origin Dayton, Ohio, United States
Genre(s) Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) alto saxophone, flute
Years active 1950s -
Associated acts Laurindo Almeida, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Ravi Shankar, Bill Mays

Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The alto saxophone is a member of the Saxophone a family of Woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its Laurindo Almeida (September 2 1917 São Paulo, Brazil &ndashJuly 26 1995 Van Nuys, California) was a Brazilian classical Bob Cooper may refer to Bob Cooper (journalist, freelance writer and Runner's World columnist ultramarathoner Bob Cooper (musician Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April William Allen Mays ( February 5, 1944) is a jazz pianist from Northern California who is normally referred to as "Bill Mays (born May 27, 1926 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American alto saxophonist and flautist. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The alto saxophone is a member of the Saxophone a family of Woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. A flautist, flutist, or flute player is a Musician who plays the Flute. He played flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, in The Zodiac, on various recording sessions, 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. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its Stanley Newcomb Kenton ( December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was a pianist who led a highly innovative influential and often controversial The LA Four (or The LA 4) was a Jazz quartet that performed in Los Angeles California from 1974 to 1982. He also recorded one album playing only tenor saxophone. The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s

Bud Shank began with clarinet in Vandalia, Ohio, but had switched to saxophone before attending the University of North Carolina. The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word Do not change information and leave references contradicting it The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research While at UNC, Bud was initiated into the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. History Pi Kappa Alpha is an international brotherhood composed of 210 student chapters 9 colonies and 120 alumni associations In 1946 he worked with Charlie Barnet before moving on to Kenton and the West coast jazz scene. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For other persons with this name see Charlie Barnett. Charles Daly Barnet ( October 26, 1913 – September 4 West Coast jazz is a form of Jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco at about the same time as Hard bop jazz was developing 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. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April [1]

In the first decades of his career Shank played the flute as a second instrument, but during the 1980s dropped it and became purely an alto saxophonist. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. In 2005 he formed the Bud Shank Big Band in Los Angeles to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Stan Kenton's Neophonic Orchestra. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Selected recordings

The above two are now released on a single CD. Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles based Record label best known for releasing Cool jazz or West coast jazz. Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles based Record label best known for releasing Cool jazz or West coast jazz.

Shank also played the alto flute solo in The Mamas and the Papas's "California Dreamin'", the first and second halves being recorded as two separate takes. The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover were a Vocal group of the 1960s. " California Dreamin' " is a song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965.

References

  1. ^ NPR

External links

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