Clifford Everett “Bud” Shank, or “C.E. Shank” (1926-2009), was one of the great West Coast “cool” legends who played in the big bands of Pete Rugolo, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers and Gerald Wilson. While born in Dayton, Ohio, Shank became the epitome of the “cool” jazz style California so prominently heralded in the early fifties…