Bud Shank Plays Tenor
{{Infobox album
| name = Bud Shank Plays Tenor
| type = Studio
| artist = Bud Shank
| cover = Bud_Shank_Plays_Tenor.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = November 29, 1957
| venue =
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Pacific Jazz
PJ 4
| producer = Richard Bock
| chronology = Bud Shank
| prev_title = Flute 'n Oboe
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = The Swing's to TV
| next_year = 1958
}}
Bud Shank Plays Tenor is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in late 1957 for the Pacific Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-10000-20000-series/#pj-4 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series] accessed January 13, 2016[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Pacific_Jazz_10000.htm Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography], accessed December 15, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
}}
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".{{AllMusic|first=Jason |last=Ankeney |class=album |id=mw0000869407 |title=Bud Shank Plays Tenor – Review |accessdate=January 13, 2016}}
Track listing
- "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:40
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 7:50
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 4:21
- "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:51
- "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Sammy Kahn) - 6:31
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:52
- "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 5:09
- "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) - 5:45
Personnel
- Bud Shank - tenor saxophone
- Claude Williamson - piano
- Don Prell - bass
- Chuck Flores - drums