Five years after guitarist Laurindo Almeida and altoist Bud Shank had a regular quartet, documented what could be considered the first bossa nova recordings [more]

More than seven years before Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd introduced the bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim to American audiences, guitarist Laurindo Almeida and [more]

The music on this CD and the three others that have been released by Lone Hill Jazz that document Bud Shank and Bob Cooper's European tours of 1957 and 1958 are almost [more]

The lush and lovely I'll Take Romance pairs Bud Shank with the Len Mercer Strings, a significant and welcome about-face from the small group sessions that otherwise dominate his [more]

This delightful concert in East Berlin combines the talents of three veterans in spontaneous explorations of well-known standards. The interplay is [more]