Bud Shank

Holiday In Brazil Bud Shank Audiophile edition

In 1953, Brazilian master guitarist Laurindo Almeida and alto saxophonist and flutist Bud Shank collaborated on their first LP for Richard Bock’s Pacific Jazz label. “Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank” was a groundbreaking recording that combined American jazz with Brazilian samba for the first time, years before bossa nova became fashionable. Almeida and Shank enjoyed such early success with the record that they reunited five years later to record a follow-up album: “Holiday In Brazil” (alternatively titled “Brazilliance, Vol. 2”).