June 7, 2005
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected]
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM
BUD SHANK QUARTET LIVE AT IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB JULY 7 - 10 With All-Star Group Including Bill Mays, Martin Wind & Matt Wilson
* Shank Celebrates New Capri Records CD “Bouncing With Bud and Phil" *
Join saxophonist/composer and jazz legend Bud Shank in concert with his quartet — Bill Mays, piano, Martin Wind, bass and Matt Wilson, drums — Thursday, July 7 – Sunday, July 10 at the Iridium, 1650 Broadway, NY. Sets at 8 and 10 p.m. with 11:30 p.m. set on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $25 - $27.50. For tickets and information, please call 212-582-2121.
Bud Shank has been an integral member of the international jazz scene for 60 years. A respected saxophonist, composer, and arranger, his soaring dynamic performances have enlivened countless concerts, festivals, nightclubs, and recording sessions.
On his new Capri Records CD “Bouncing With Bud & Phil," Shank encounters fellow jazz master Phil Woods on an epic session recorded live during three nights at Yoshi’s in November 2004. A reviewer who attended the concerts described Shank, 78, and his special guest Woods, 73, as “septuagenarian gladiators," and the mutual respect these two jazz giants have for each other resonates in every note. “Each of us is listening to the other guy, and responding," Shank explains, “It's positively delightful playing something, and then hearing Phil say behind me, 'Yeah, baby'. That's nice. And I do the same thing with him." Shank and Woods are backed by the exceptional rhythm section of Bill Goodwin (Woods' drummer for the last 30 years), the virtuoso pianist Mike Wofford and the great San Diego bassist, Bob Magnusson.
Shank first came to prominence in the big bands of Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton during the late 1940s. In the 1950s the saxophonist began a long tenure with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars, as well as work with his own quartet. A charter member of the “West Coast" jazz movement, Shank's cool but always strongly swinging sound has made him one of a handful of sax players with an instantly recognizable and always exciting sound.
During the next two decades Shank augmented his concert appearances with a healthy amount of studio work, becoming a four-time winner of the coveted Most Valuable Player award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). In the 1970s and 80s Shank joined with Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, and Laurindo Almeida to form the world-renowned LA Four, who recorded and toured extensively through the decade. 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 the legendary Duke Ellington.
In the 1990s Shank continued to grow and explore, creating the multi-media jazz performance, “The Lost Cathedral," expanding the Bud Shank Jazz Workshop and Jazz Southwest Festival in Albuquerque, and touring with his quartet and sextet. Both bands feature exemplary writing, tight and fiery playing, and a joyous sense of collaboration. Today, Shank juggles a packed schedule of touring, festivals, and teaching combined with select major club performances, composing and arranging. With over 60 years as a professional jazz musician, Bud Shank has more than earned his status as a legend.
For advance CDs, interviews, photos contact: Ann Braithwaite (781) 259-9600 [email protected]
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To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected]
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM
BUD SHANK QUARTET LIVE AT IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB JULY 7 - 10 With All-Star Group Including Bill Mays, Martin Wind & Matt Wilson
* Shank Celebrates New Capri Records CD “Bouncing With Bud and Phil" *
Join saxophonist/composer and jazz legend Bud Shank in concert with his quartet — Bill Mays, piano, Martin Wind, bass and Matt Wilson, drums — Thursday, July 7 – Sunday, July 10 at the Iridium, 1650 Broadway, NY. Sets at 8 and 10 p.m. with 11:30 p.m. set on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $25 - $27.50. For tickets and information, please call 212-582-2121.
Bud Shank has been an integral member of the international jazz scene for 60 years. A respected saxophonist, composer, and arranger, his soaring dynamic performances have enlivened countless concerts, festivals, nightclubs, and recording sessions.
On his new Capri Records CD “Bouncing With Bud & Phil," Shank encounters fellow jazz master Phil Woods on an epic session recorded live during three nights at Yoshi’s in November 2004. A reviewer who attended the concerts described Shank, 78, and his special guest Woods, 73, as “septuagenarian gladiators," and the mutual respect these two jazz giants have for each other resonates in every note. “Each of us is listening to the other guy, and responding," Shank explains, “It's positively delightful playing something, and then hearing Phil say behind me, 'Yeah, baby'. That's nice. And I do the same thing with him." Shank and Woods are backed by the exceptional rhythm section of Bill Goodwin (Woods' drummer for the last 30 years), the virtuoso pianist Mike Wofford and the great San Diego bassist, Bob Magnusson.
Shank first came to prominence in the big bands of Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton during the late 1940s. In the 1950s the saxophonist began a long tenure with Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars, as well as work with his own quartet. A charter member of the “West Coast" jazz movement, Shank's cool but always strongly swinging sound has made him one of a handful of sax players with an instantly recognizable and always exciting sound.
During the next two decades Shank augmented his concert appearances with a healthy amount of studio work, becoming a four-time winner of the coveted Most Valuable Player award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). In the 1970s and 80s Shank joined with Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, and Laurindo Almeida to form the world-renowned LA Four, who recorded and toured extensively through the decade. 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 the legendary Duke Ellington.
In the 1990s Shank continued to grow and explore, creating the multi-media jazz performance, “The Lost Cathedral," expanding the Bud Shank Jazz Workshop and Jazz Southwest Festival in Albuquerque, and touring with his quartet and sextet. Both bands feature exemplary writing, tight and fiery playing, and a joyous sense of collaboration. Today, Shank juggles a packed schedule of touring, festivals, and teaching combined with select major club performances, composing and arranging. With over 60 years as a professional jazz musician, Bud Shank has more than earned his status as a legend.
For advance CDs, interviews, photos contact: Ann Braithwaite (781) 259-9600 [email protected]
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