I'll Take Romance

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

In an AllMusic review by Jason Ankeney, he states: "Far removed from the sometimes bloodless sensibilities of the West Coast cool school, I'll Take Romance is as warm as its title portends. The string arrangements are sweet but never sentimental, boasting a sensitivity that colors but never overwhelms Shank's lyrical alto and flute".[3]

1. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 2:21
2. "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 2:48
3. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:03
4. "What a Difference a Day Made" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) - 2:54
5. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:30
6. "I'll Take Romance" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland) - 1:56
7. "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Eric Maschwitz, Harry Link) - 2:31
8. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:43
9. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:26
10. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 4:30
11. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:30

• Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
• Giulio Libano - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)
• Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone (tracks 3, 9 & 11)
• Appio Squajella - flute, French horn (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)
• Glauco Masetti - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)
• Eraldo Volonte - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)
• Fausto Papetti - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)
• Claude Williamson - piano (tracks 3, 9 & 11)
• Bruno De Filippi - guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)
• Don Prell (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10), Joe Mondragon (tracks 3, 9 & 11) - bass
• Larry Bunker (tracks 3, 9 & 11), Jimmy Pratt (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10) - drums (tracks 3, 9 & 11)
• Sam Cytron, Milton Feher, Tibor Zelig - violin (tracks 3, 9 & 11)
• Myron Sandler - viola (tracks 3, 9 & 11)
• Paul Bergstrom - cello (tracks 3, 9 & 11)
• Unidentified harp and strings arranged and conducted by Len Mercer (tracks 1, 2, 4-8 & 10)