Bud Shank
Jazz, Record Producer
1926 – 2009
Who was Bud Shank?
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first-call studio musician in Hollywood. In the 1970s and 1980s he performed regularly with The L. A. Four. Shank ultimately abandoned the flute to focus exclusively on playing jazz on the alto saxophone. He also recorded on tenor and baritone sax. He is also well known for the alto flute solo on the Mamas & Papas song California Dreamin' recorded in 1965.
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- Born
- May 27, 1926
Dayton - Also known as
- Shank, Bud
- Clifford Everett Shank Jr.
- Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr.
- Spouses
- Linda Shank
( - 2009/04/02)
- Linda Shank
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Died
- Apr 2, 2009
Tucson
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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