Pacific – PJ-1230Rec. Dates : November 7, 1956, November 8, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellCeleste : Claude WilliamsonDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankPiano : Claude Williamson Army TimesTom Scanlan : 09/28/1957 The Bud Shank Quartet’s newest album is, in many ways, the best set this group has made. Shank, one of the most…
Pacific – PJ-1219Rec. Date : January 19, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankOboe : Bob CooperPiano : Claude WilliamsonTenor Sax : Bob Cooper Army TimesTom Scanlan : 01/26/1957 A different kind of modern jazz, the kind that swings, is offered by the Bud Shank Quartet on Jazz at Cal-Tech. The music…
Intro – ILP-606Rec. Dates : December 28, 1956, January 14, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Ben TuckerDrums : Chuck FloresPiano : Russ Freeman Washington PostPaul Sampson : 06/09/1957 On the strength of his many recent recordings, Art Pepper is moving back into the ranks of the very best alto saxophonists. Although he plays with exemplary imagination and…
RCA Victor – LPM-1162Rec. Dates : June 24, 1955, June 25, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Bill PerkinsBass : John BealDrums : Chuck FloresGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 02/56/1956Score of 77 This album must have been conceived as a hopeful experiment: Three tenor saxophones are pitted against rhythm section. Such an arrangement…
Pacific – PJ-1215Rec. Date : January 25, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankPiano : Claude Williamson Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 79 These sides were cut in January, just after Shank formed his quartet to bring into the Haig, the Wilshire Boulevard jazzery. On his own now, Shank seems to…
