Birth Name:

Clifford Everett Shank, Jr.

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, May 27, 1926

Time of Birth:

10:30 PM

Place of Birth:

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Age:

97

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

6°

Gem

1'

Moon

13°

Sag

49'

Asc

27°

Sag

18'

MC

19°

Lib

42'

About Bud 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 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 well known for the alto flute solo on the song "California Dreamin'" recorded by The Mamas & the Papas in 1965.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Interview at All About Jazz

• Bud Shank, encyclopedia entry at Jazz.com

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Bud Shank: Sun 6 Gemini, Moon 13 Sagittarius, Mercury 26 Taurus, Venus 23 Aries, Mars 17 Pisces, Jupiter 26 Aquarius, Saturn 21 Scorpio, Uranus 28 Pisces, Neptune 22 Leo, Pluto 13 Cancer, Asc 27 Sagittarius, Mc 19 Libra, Mercury Quincunx Ascendant, Moon Square Mars, Mercury Square Neptune, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Moon Quincunx Pluto, Mercury Square Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Mercury Semi Square Pluto, Venus Sextile Jupiter, Venus Quincunx Saturn, Venus Trine Neptune, Venus Trine Ascendant, Venus Opposition Midheaven, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Trine Pluto, Mars Quincunx Midheaven, Jupiter Square Saturn, Jupiter Opposition Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Sextile Ascendant, Saturn Square Neptune, Uranus Square Ascendant, Neptune Sextile Midheaven

Categories related to Bud Shank: 20th-century American male musicians, 20th-century American musicians, Ohio, Jazz musicians from Ohio, American male jazz musicians, May 27 births, Deaths from pulmonary embolism, American male saxophonists, 2009 deaths, American jazz flautists, 20th-century saxophonists, Jazz alto saxophonists, Musicians from Dayton, The L.A. Four (band) members, Concord Records artists, American jazz alto saxophonists, Cool jazz saxophonists, Mainstream jazz saxophonists, 1926 births, Cool jazz flautists, West Coast jazz saxophonists, Big band saxophonists

Photo attribution: Daniel Shen Taipei, Taiwan, Bud Shank