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…
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…
Contemporary – C3509Rec. Date : June 20, 1955Stream this Album Bass : Howard Rumsey, Red MitchellAlto Sax : Bud ShankArranger : Claude Williamson, Barney KesselDrums : Stan Levey, Shelly ManneFlute : Bud ShankGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Claude Williamson, Hampton HawesTenor Sax : Bob CooperTrombone : Frank Rosolino Billboard : 02/25/1956Score of 80 A distinguished crowd of West Coast modernists who ordinarily make headquarters at…
Norgran – MGN 1027Rec. Date : January 17, 1955Stream this Album Guitar : Tal FarlowBass : Red MitchellDrums : Stan LeveyPiano : Claude Williamson Billboard : 05/21/1955Score of 76 Farlow, to at least one reviewer, swings as strongly as any other guitarist around today, tho his ballad sensitivity is somewhat less than that of a Johnny Smith or Mundell Lowe. His jazz…
