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 Bud Shank
Released	1960
Recorded	November 29, 1957
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 4
Producer	Richard Bock
Bud Shank chronology
Flute 'n Oboe (1956) Bud Shank Plays Tenor (1960) The Swing's to TV (1958)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Bud Shank - tenor saxophone
• Claude Williamson - piano
• Don Prell - bass
• Chuck Flores - drums

References