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

Bud Shank Plays Tenor
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedNovember 29, 1957
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
LabelPacific Jazz
PJ 4
ProducerRichard Bock
Bud Shank chronology
Flute 'n Oboe
(1956)
Bud Shank Plays Tenor
(1960)
The Swing's to TV
(1958)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

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".[3]

Track listing edit

  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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series accessed January 13, 2016
  2. ^ Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography, accessed December 15, 2015
  3. ^ a b Ankeney, Jason. Bud Shank Plays Tenor – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2016.