How to Pronounce Bud Shank
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May 27, 1926 Dayton, Ohio, United States Died on 02 Apr 2009 (aged 82)
American saxophonist and flautist
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About Bud Shank
- Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr.
- (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) 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.
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- 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 song "California Dreamin'" recorded by The Mamas & the Papas in 1965.
