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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. His most famous recording is probably the version of "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme song in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. He is also known for the soundtrack recordings with his group to the surfing films of Bruce Brown in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and for the alto flute solo on the song "California Dreamin'" recorded by the Mamas & the Papas in 1965. From Wikipedia (

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Improvisation on the Theme Music from Pather Panchali

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Stella By Starlight

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Indian Summer

Chet Baker & Bud Shank

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Pensativa

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Look for the Silver Lining

Chet Baker & Bud Shank

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The Cool Side of the City, Vol. 8 - Refined Jazz Grooves

2025

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Latin Contrasts

2021

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A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing

2017

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But Not for Me

2025

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The Harlem Samba

2021

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California Suite

2014

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Bud Shank with Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson, and Bob Enevoldson

2024

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Rio Rhapsody

2021

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Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank

2024

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Studio Sessions: 1956-1961

2020

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Seal ☆ "Crazy" Unplugged HD

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Bud Shank & Bill Mays - Pavane From Mother Goose Suite [US] Jazz, Ambient (1980)

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Bud Shank - Samba do aviao (song of the jet)

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Dominguinhos + João Donato [Minha Saudade]

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SHORTY ROGERS & THE WEST COAST GIANTS

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Bud Shank・Bill Mays・Alan Broadbent / Body and Soul

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California Dreamin' ~ Bud Shank

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Joao Donato & Bud Shank - Night and Day

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JAMES DEAN

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Bud Shank - Chet Baker - Michelle (1966) - RAI N test card music - No.259

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Emily

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 127 views

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Speak Low

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 177 views

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The night has thousand eyes

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 295 views

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Embraceable you

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 143 views

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My Romance

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 212 views

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I told you so

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 130 views

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No greater love

Massimo Faraò, Pierre Boussaguet, Bud Shank & Bobby Durham,Massimo Farao, Lorenzo Conte • 115 views

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