Skip to content
EntityQ722447· pop 16· linked from 637 articles

Also known as Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr., Clifford Shank, Clifford Shank, Jr.

American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009)

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • The Bud Shank Collection

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926-05-27
Active to
2009-04-02
cool jazzjazzjazz and blues

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
80,250
Total plays
412,444

Tags

jazzsaxophonecool jazzflutebud 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. A. Four. Shank ultimately abandoned the flute to focus exclusively on playin

via Last.fm · Bud Shank

Wikidata facts

Image
Bud Shank.jpg
Show 6 more facts
date of birth
1926-05-27
date of death
2009-04-02
Commons category
Bud Shank
start of work period
1946-00-00
birth name
Clifford Everett Shank, Jr.
name in native language
Bud Shank
Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

Connections

Categories