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Bud Shank

American Jazz musician (alto and baritone saxophone, flute (c-flute, alto and bass flute), arrangements). Born May 27, 1926, in Dayton, Ohio Died April 2, 2009, in Tucson, Arizona. Attended the University of North Carolina between 1944-1946 then moved to California where he studied with trumpeter/composer and played in the big bands of (1947-8) and (1950-51). Though not often noted, Shank was among the first of modern jazz artists during the early 50`s to record using the flute. 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, his main instrument for most of his career, in the mid-'80s.