Strings & Trombones

Strings & Trombones is an album by Bud Shank, featuring Bob Brookmeyer, which was recorded in 1954 and 1955 for the Pacific Jazz label.^[1][2] The album compiles Shank's earlier 10-inch LPs Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer and Bud Shank and Three Trombones.

Strings & Trombones
Studio album by Bud Shank with Bob Brookmeyer
Released	1956
Recorded	April 3, June 22 & November 29, 1954, and January 7, 1955
Studio	Capitol, Melrose Ave (Hollywood) Radio Recorders (Los Angeles)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Pacific Jazz PJ 1213
Producer	Richard Bock
Bud Shank chronology
Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank (1953-54) Strings & Trombones (1956) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954-55)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Allmusic rated the album with three stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Low Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 3:56
2. "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" (Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) - 5:07
3. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:59
4. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:56
5. "Rustic Hop" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 4:13
6. "Wailing Vessel" (Bob Cooper) - 2:41
7. "Cool Fool" (Cooper) - 3:18
8. "Little Girl Blue" (Rodgers, Hart) - 3:16
9. "Sing Something Simple" (Herman Hupfeld) - 2:35
10. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) - 4:16
11. "Valve in Head" (Bud Shank) - 3:10

Personnel

• Bud Shank - alto saxophone
• Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 1-5), Bob Enevoldsen (tracks 6-11), Maynard Ferguson (tracks 6-11), Stu Williamson (tracks 6-11) - valve trombone
• Claude Williamson - piano
• Buddy Clark (tracks 1, 2 & 5), Joe Mondragon (tracks 3, 4 & 6-11) - bass
• Larry Bunker (tracks 1-5), Shelly Manne (tracks 6-11) - drums
• String section arranged by Bob Cooper (tracks 1-5)