1954 The Compositions of Shorty Rogers (Nocturne)
1954 Bud Shank and Three Trombones (Pacific)
1955 The Saxophone Artistry of Bud Shank
1955 Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (Pacific Jazz)
1955 Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer (Pacific Jazz)
1956 The Bud Shank Quartet (Pacific Jazz)
1956 Live at the Haig (Candid)
1956 Flute 'n Oboe (Pacific Jazz)
1956 Jazz at Cal-Tech (Pacific Jazz)
1956 Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (World Pacific)
1956 Strings & Trombones (Pacific Jazz)
1957 Jazz Swings Broadway (Pacific Jazz)
1958 I'll Take Romance (World Pacific/Toshiba EMI)
1958 Misty Eyes (West Wind)
1958 The Swing's to TV (Pacific Jazz/Toshiba EMI)
1958 Bud Shank and Bill Perkins (Blue Note)
1958 Bud Shank in Africa (Pacific Jazz)
1959 Holiday in Brazil (World Pacific/Ubatuqui)
1959 Blowin' Country (World Pacific/Blue Note)
1959 Latin Contrasts (World Pacific)
1960 Bud Shank Plays Tenor (Pacific Jazz/Toshiba EMI)
1960 Slippery When Wet (World Pacific)
1960 Flute 'n Alto (World Pacific)
1961 Barefoot Adventure (Pacific Jazz)
1961 New Groove (Pacific Jazz)
1961 The Talents of Bud Shank (Kimberly)
1961 Swinging Broadway (Kimberly)
1962 Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (Pacific Jazz)
1962 Improvisations (EMI Angel/Angel)
1963 Brasamba! (Pacific Jazz)
1963 Folk 'n Flute (World Pacific)
1965 Bud Shank & His Brazilian Friends (Pacific Jazz)
1966 Bud Shank & the Sax Section (Pacific Jazz)
1966 Michelle (World Pacific/EMI Japan)
1966 Girl in Love (World Pacific)
1966 Flute, Oboe and Strings (World Pacific)
1966 California Dreamin' (EMI Japan)
1967 Brazil! Brazil! Brazil!
1967 Bud Shank Plays Music from Today's Movies (World Pacific)
1967 A Spoonful of Jazz (World Pacific)
1968 Magical Mystery (World Pacific/EMI Japan)
1970 Let It Be (World Pacific)
1976 Sunshine Express (Concord Jazz)
1978 Heritage (Concord Jazz)
1979 Crystal Comments (Concord Jazz)
1980 Explorations (Concord Jazz)
1983 Yesterday, Today and Forever (Concord Jazz) with Shorty Rogers
1984 This Bud's for You... (Muse/32 Jazz)
1985 California Concert (Contemporary) with Shorty Rogers
1986 Serious Swingers (Contemporary)
1986 That Old Feeling (Contemporary)
1987 Bud Shank Quartet at Jazz Alley (Contemporary)
1989 Tomorrow's Rainbow (Contemporary)
1990 Tales of the Pilot: Bud Shank Plays the Music of David Peck (Capri)
1990 Lost in the Stars: Bud Shank and Lou Levy Play the Sinatra Songbook (Fresh Sound)
1990 Drifting Timelessly (Capri)
1991 The Doctor Is In (Candid)
1992 I Told You So (Candid)
1992 The Awakening (New Edition/ Vertriebsges.mb)
1995 New Gold (Candid)
1995 Lost Cathedral (Itm)
1996 Plays the Music of Bill Evans (Fresh Sound)
1996 Bud Shank Sextet Plays Harold Arlen (Jimco)
1997 Jazz in Hollywood (Original Jazz Classics)
1997 By Request: Bud Shank Meets the Rhythm Section (Muse/Milestone)
1998 A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (Koch)
1999 After You Jeru (Fresh Sound)
2000 Silver Storm (Raw)
2002 Plays Tenor (Toshiba)
2002 On the Trail (Raw)
2003 Cool Fool (Fresh Sound)
2005 Bouncing with Bud and Phil (Capri)
2006 Taking the Long Way Home (Jazzed Media)
2006 Brazilliance, Vol. 1/Concert Creations for Guitar (FiveFour)
2007 Beyond the Red Door (Jazzed Media)
2009 Fascinating Rhythms (Jazzed Media)
2011 In Good Company (Capri)
With Chet Baker
Witch Doctor (Contemporary, 1953 [1985])
The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 1954)
Chet Baker & Strings (Columbia, 1954)
Chet Baker Sings and Plays (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
Chet Baker Big Band (Pacific Jazz, 1956)
With Elmer Bernstein
The Man with the Golden Arm (Decca, 1956)
With Buddy Bregman
Swinging Kicks (Verve, 1957)
With The Charlie Byrd Trio
Brazilville (1981)
With Gene Clark
Roadmaster (1972)
Firebyrd (1984)
With Nat King Cole
L-O-V-E (Capitol, 1965)
With Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds (EmArcy, 1958)
At the Cinema! (Mercury, 1959)
With Ron Elliott
The Candlestickmaker (1970)
With Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party (EmArcy, 1954)
Dimensions (EmArcy, 1955)
Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson (EmArcy, 1956)
With Clare Fischer
Extension (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
With Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre (Capitol, 1955)
The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Atlantic, 1956)
Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve, 1959) with Herb Ellis
With Stan Kenton
Innovations in Modern Music (Capitol, 1950)
Stan Kenton Presents (Capitol, 1950)
Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)
This Modern World (Capitol, 1953)
The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1940–54, [1955])
Lush Interlude (Capitol, 1958)
Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Capitol, 1965)
Hair (Capitol, 1969)
With Barney Kessel
Easy Like (Contemporary, 1953)
With The Mamas & the Papas
California Dreamin' (RCA Victor, 1965)
With Shelly Manne
The West Coast Sound (Contemporary, 1955)
Manne–That's Gershwin! (Capitol, 1965)
Daktari (Atlantic, 1967)
With Sérgio Mendes
Brasil '65 (1965)
With Hugo Montenegro
Colours of Love (1970)
With Gerry Mulligan
Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (GNP, 1953 [1997])
I Want to Live (United Artists, 1958)
With Oliver Nelson
Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
With Harry Nilsson
Duit on Mon Dei (1975)
With Jack Nitzsche
Heart Beat (Soundtrack) (Capitol, 1980)
With Patti Page
In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy, 1956)
With Shorty Rogers
Cool and Crazy (RCA Victor, 1953)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor, 1954)
Collaboration (RCA Victor, 1954) with André Previn
Martians Come Back! (Atlantic, 1955 [1956])
Way Up There (Atlantic, 1955 [1957])
Afro-Cuban Influence (RCA Victor, 1958)
Chances Are It Swings (RCA Victor, 1958)
The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (RCA Victor, 1959)
Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1960)
The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor, 1960)
An Invisible Orchard (RCA Victor, 1961 [1997])
The Fourth Dimension in Sound (Warner Bros., 1961)
Bossa Nova (Reprise, 1962)
Jazz Waltz (Reprise, 1962)
With Pete Rugolo
Introducing Pete Rugolo (Columbia, 1954)
Adventures in Rhythm (Columbia, 1954)
Rugolomania (Columbia, 1955)
New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (Harmony, 1954–55, [1957])
Out on a Limb (EmArcy, 1956)
An Adventure in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi (Mercury, 1956 [1958])
Rugolo Plays Kenton (EmArcy, 1958)
The Music from Richard Diamond (EmArcy, 1959)
Behind Brigitte Bardot (Warner Bros., 1960)
The Original Music of Thriller (Time, 1961)
10 Saxophones and 2 Basses (Mercury, 1961)
With Boz Scaggs
Silk Degrees (1976)
With Lalo Schifrin
Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot, 1967)
There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On (Dot, 1968)
More Mission: Impossible (Paramount, 1968)
Mannix (Paramount, 1968)
Bullitt (soundtrack) (Warner Bros., 1968)
Che! (soundtrack) (Tetragrammaton, 1969)
Kelly's Heroes (soundtrack) (MGM, 1970)
With Ravi Shankar
Improvisations (World Pacific, 1962)
With Gábor Szabó and Bob Thiele
Light My Fire (Impulse!, 1967)
With Gerald Wilson
Moment of Truth (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
Portraits (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
On Stage (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
With Julie London
All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (Liberty, 1965)