Bud Shank

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Bud Shank

Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank (born May 27, 1926 in Dayton , Ohio , † April 2, 2009 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American jazz musician ( alto and baritone saxophone , flute , arrangement ).

Life

Shank learned the clarinet from the age of ten and the saxophone from the age of fourteen. After studying at a college in North Carolina , he went to the US West Coast in 1947 and initially played the tenor saxophone with Charlie Barnet until 1948 . He then worked for Stan Kenton between 1950 and 1951 , where he recorded an early solo on the jazz flute . After his military service, he recorded with Gerry Mulligans Tentett in 1953 . He took composition lessons from Shorty Rogers . Between 1953 and 1956 he was a permanent member of the Lighthouse All Stars and involved in their recordings with Chet Baker and Miles Davis ; then he led his own quartet. He has also performed with Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo , Teddy Charles and June Christy . He also played with Bob Cooper in many other projects, such as her concept album Flute and Oboe , Shelly Manne and Maynard Ferguson . In 1957 the two wind players went on a European tour, on which they played with Attila Zoller , Albert Mangelsdorff and Gary Peacock .

From the mid-1960s he earned his living as a studio musician and film composer, also recorded albums with Brazilian and easy listening music, for example with Sérgio Mendes , played the flute solo on “ California Dreamin ' ” by Mamas and Papas , but still performed occasionally Jazz context. In 1974 he formed The LA 4 with Ray Brown , Jeff Hamilton and Laurindo Almeida , with whom he performed for over a decade; In the mid-1980s he went on a European tour with Shorty Rogers, with whom he also revived the Lighthouse All Stars in 1991 . Shank has also participated in musical transgressions and already played with Ravi Shankar in 1962 and later with the Japanese koto player Kimio Eto. Jay Clayton was also involved in his multi-media performance "Lost Cathedral" .

Although Shank received a lot of attention as an alto in Europe in the 1950s, he was probably what made his most important contributions on the flute. His phrasing, expressiveness and smooth sound on the instrument are particularly remarkable in the cool jazz context. In 1986, however, he gave up this instrument. While he was an ideal representative of the slim West Coast sound on the saxophone in the 1950s , his sound has been characterized by rougher and fuller tones since the 1980s.

In recent years he has also played with younger musicians such as Lewis Nash and Cyrus Chestnut . In 2005 he founded the Bud Shank Big Band and in 2007 he released the album Beyond the Red Door with pianist Bill Mays . On April 1, 2009 he recorded a new album in San Diego .

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SURNAME Shank, Bud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shank, Clifford Everett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Dayton (Ohio)
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2009
Place of death Tucson