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- Birth nameClifford Everett Shank Jr.
- Bud Shank was born on May 27, 1926 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Porgy and Bess (1959), Hot Rod Rumble (1957) and War Hunt (1962). He was married to Linda Shank and Nephru Malouf. He died on April 2, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- SpousesLinda Shank(? - April 2, 2009) (his death)Nephru Malouf (divorced)
- Jazz saxophonist and flutist; pioneered the "cool jazz" style in the 1950s.
- A documentary film about Bud Shank, Bud Shank "Against the Tide" Portrait of a Jazz Legend, was produced and directed by Graham Carter of Jazzed Media and released by Jazzed Media as a DVD (with a companion CD) in 2008. The film has been awarded four indie film awards including an Aurora Awards Gold.
- In 1946, he worked with Charlie Barnet before moving on to Kenton and the West coast jazz scene.
- Shank helped to popularize both Latin-flavored and chamber jazz music, and as a musician's musician also performed with orchestras as diverse as the Royal Philharmonic, the New American Orchestra, the Gerald Wilson Big Band, Stan Kenton's Neophonic Orchestra, and Duke Ellington.
- He spent the 1960s as a first-call studio musician in Hollywood.
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