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LA4

Band, US
Jazz

The L.A. Four (or The L.A. 4) was a jazz quartet that performed in Los Angeles, California, from 1974 to 1982.Its members were guitarist Laurindo Almeida, saxophonist and flutist Bud Shank, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Shelly Manne, replaced by Jeff Hamilton after 1977. They performed a mixture of straight-ahead jazz on the "cool" side, influenced by European Classical music, and bossa nova and samba (Almeida was born in Brazil). They recorded ten albums before disbanding. Chuck Flores was the group's original drummer but did not record with them.

Members

	Ray Brown b 1926-2002 US
	Bud Shank as, fl 1926-2009 US
	Laurindo Almeida g 1917-1995 BR
	Shelly Manne dr 1920-1984 US
	Jeff Hamilton dr *1953 US