Bud Shank Plays Tenor Explained

Bud Shank Plays Tenor
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Bud Shank
Cover:	Bud_Shank_Plays_Tenor.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	November 29, 1957
Studio:	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Pacific Jazz PJ 4
Producer:	Richard Bock
Chronology:	Bud Shank
Prev Title:	Flute 'n Oboe
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	The Swing's to TV
Next Year:	1958

Bud Shank Plays Tenor is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in late 1957 for the Pacific Jazz label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Jason Ankeney wrote: "the leap to tenor doesn't dramatically impact his overall sound and style, it does add soul and depth to his lyrical solos".

Track listing

1. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:40
2. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 7:50
3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 4:21
4. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:51
5. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Sammy Kahn) - 6:31
6. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:52
7. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 5:09
8. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 5:45

Personnel

• Bud Shank - tenor saxophone
• Claude Williamson - piano
• Don Prell - bass
• Chuck Flores - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-10000-20000-series/#pj-4 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Pacific_Jazz_10000.htm Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography