The Zodiac Stan Kenton And His Orchestra Shelly Manne & His Men Gerald Wilson Orchestra LA4 Russell Garcia And His Orchestra Henry Mancini And His Orchestra Ike Carpenter And His Orchestra Gerry Mulligan Tentette Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers Quintet Shorty Rogers And His Giants Shorty Rogers And His Orchestra Pete Rugolo Orchestra The Marty Paich Dek-Tette Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars Lalo Schifrin & Orchestra The Bud Shank / Bob Cooper Quintet Art Pepper Nine The Buddy Bregman Orchestra Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra The Mystic Moods Orchestra The Frankie Capp Percussion Group Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra Bud Shank Quartet Russ Freeman Quartet Bill Perkins Octet Buddy Collette And His Swinging Shepherds The Bud Shank Quintet Leith Stevens’ All Stars Bud Shank Orchestra The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra Shorty Rogers Big Band Jimmy Giuffre’s Orchestra Hot Rod Rumble Orchestra Barney Kessel Quintet The Bud Shank-Bob Cooper Orchestra Bud Shank And Bill Perkins Quintet Milt Bernhart And His Orchestra Shorty Rogers And His Augmented "Giants" Bobby Troup And His Stars Of Jazz Laurindo Almeida Quartet Bud Shank With Strings Barney Kessel And His Men Pete Rugolo And His All Stars The Bob Cooper Sextet Gerry Mulligan And The Jazz Combo Bobby Shew & His West Coast Friends Russ Freeman-Bill Perkins Quintet The Bud Shank Big Band The Bud Shank Sextet Chet Baker Big Band Art Pepper + Eleven Jake Fryer/Bud Shank Quintet
ex Chet Baker Sextet, Vic Lewis West Coast All-Stars
ex Chet Baker Sextet, Vic Lewis West Coast All-Stars
Jazz musician (alto and baritone saxophone, flute, arrangements). Attended the University of North Carolina between 1944-1946 then moved to California where he studied with trumpeter/composer Shorty Rogers and played in the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1947-8) and Stan Kenton (1950-51).
He spent most of the ’60s recording in L.A. studios before forming the L.A. Four in the ’70s. Practiced jazz flute at times during this period, but reverted full-time to the alto saxophone in the mid-’80s.
Born May 27th, 1926, in Dayton, Ohio; died April 2nd, 2009, in Tucson, Arizona.