{"id":1703,"date":"2009-05-07T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T19:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2009-05-07T12:04:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T19:04:52","slug":"a_bud_shank_memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2009\/05\/a_bud_shank_memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bud Shank Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken Poston of the Los Angeles Jazz Institute sent information about the tribute later this month to Bud Shank. The great alto saxophonist and flutist died on April 2.<\/p>\n

The Bud Shank Memorial Concert is scheduled to take place May 23rd at \"Shank<\/a><\/span>7:00pm at The Four Points Sheraton at LAX 9750 Airport Blvd. It’s happening during the upcoming “A Swingin’ Affair” festival<\/a> but will be free and open to the public. Numerous musicians are performing, including Bud’s original rhythm section: Claude Williamson, Don Prell and Chuck Flores and his latest rhythm section with Bill Mays and Bob Magnusson.
\nBud Shank Memorial Concert
\nMay 23 7:00-9:00PM
\nFour Points Sheraton at LAX
\n9750 Airport Blvd.
\nLos Angeles, CA
\nFREE
\nFeatured artists and speakers include:
\nHoward Rumsey
\nClaude Williamson
\nDon Prell
\nChuck Flores
\nClare Fischer
\nDennis Budimer
\nBill Mays
\nBob Magnusson
\nLanny Morgan
\nPete Christlieb
\nFred Selden
\nDoug Webb
\nJack Nimitz
\nBill Ramsay
\nDavid Friesen\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the Rifftides<\/em> remembrance of Shank and comments from readers, go here<\/a>.
\nHere’s Shank in the early sixties when he collaborated with pianist-composer Clare Fischer. The unannounced bassist and drummer appear to be Gary Peacock and Larry Bunker. I cannot identify the hand percussionist.<\/p>\n

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Ken Poston of the Los Angeles Jazz Institute sent information about the tribute later this month to Bud Shank. The great alto saxophonist and flutist died on April 2. The Bud Shank Memorial Concert is scheduled to take place May 23rd at 7:00pm at The Four Points Sheraton at LAX 9750 Airport Blvd. It’s happening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}