Bud Shank
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Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. 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 Orches
Bud Shank in 2006
West Coast jazz
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West Coast jazz refers to styles of jazz that developed in the American West Coast cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz, w
Gerry Mulligan performing in the 1980s. His early arrangements for Birth of the Cool helped shape the West Coast jazz style.
