Artist: Bud Shank
Album: The Pacific Jazz Studio Sessions
Genre: Cool, Hard Bop, West Coast Jazz
Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 1998
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- CD 1:
- Bag of Blues (6:50)
- Nature Boy (4:30)
- All This and Heaven Too (4:55)
- Jubilation (5:48)
- Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me (5:41)
- Nocturne for Flute (2:50)
- Walkin' (9:41)
- Carioca (4:58)
- A Night in Tunisia (4:02)
- Tertia (8:31)
- All of You (6:02)
- Theme (3:52)
- CD 2:
- Jive at Five (4:29)
- Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (5:19)
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams (3:39)
- The Lamp Is Low (6:09)
- Tangerine (5:23)
- A Tribute to the African Pennywhistlers (8:04)
- I'll Remember April (5:34)
- Charity Rag (4:55)
- Just Squeeze Me (6:44)
- My Funny Valentine (4:04)
- Misty Eyes (4:39)
- Waltzin' the Blues Away (3:37)
- CD 3:
- Thou Swell (6:39)
- Tenderly (7:51)
- Over the Rainbow (4:23)
- Long Ago and Far Away (4:52)
- I Never Knew (6:31)
- All the Things You Are (4:54)
- Body and Soul (5:11)
- Blue Lou (5:46)
- Have Blues, Will Travel (4:23)
- CD 4:
- Misty Eyes (4:25)
- Mook's Theme (4:36)
- Surf Pipers (3:36)
- The Surf and I (3:10)
- Up in Velseyland (3:27)
- Surf for Two (3:42)
- Slippery When Wet (2:41)
- Going My Wave (3:14)
- Old King Nep's Tune (3:46)
- Walkin' on the Water (4:46)
- Soupsville (3:38)
- Blues in the Distance (4:36)
- Blues in the Surf (5:02)
- CD 5:
- New Groove (6:47)
- The Awakening (4:27)
- White Lightnin' (5:23)
- Sultry Serenade (7:15)
- Well, You Needn't (7:01)
- Liddledabllduya (3:58)
- Barefoot Adventure (4:15)
- Shoeless Beach Meeting (4:09)
- Jungle Cruise (4:47)
- How High the Makaha (3:14)
- Well, 'Pon My Soul (4:17)
- Ala Moana (2:17)
- Bruce Is Loose (3:26)
- Dance of the Sea Monsters (4:08)
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When one thinks of altoist/flutist Bud Shank's recordings of the 1950s, it is normally of his work with Stan Kenton's orchestra or collaborations with Laurindo Almeida or Bob Cooper. However, Shank led a superior quartet from 1956-1958 that also included pianist Claude Williamson, bassist Don Prell, and either Chuck Flores or Jimmy Pratt on drums. This typically magnificent six-CD limited-edition box set from Mosaic has the quartet's four albums (including a set that was recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa), a selection by Shank with a sextet that includes vibraphonist Larry Bunker, and three slightly later sets. The latter feature either Billy Bean or Dennis Budimir on guitar, bassist Gary Peacock and Chuck Flores, Mel Lewis or Shelly Manne on drums; one set adds trumpeter Carmell Jones, and the other has both Jones and tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper. All of this music was fairly obscure but has dated quite well. In addition to alto and occasional flute, Shank took one of the quartet sets exclusively on tenor, which he has rarely played since; the two Carmell Jones dates find Shank doubling on alto and baritone. The music is consistently straight-ahead, featuring cool tones but hard swinging. Bud Shank and West Coast jazz fans are advised to order this 1998 set before it goes out of print.
Review by Scott Yanow