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Released
  
1958

Artists
  
A. K. Salim, A.K. Salim

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
31:57

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Marmot Music

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Recorded
  
October 6, 1958 Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey

Blues Suite (1958)
  
Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (1964)

Jazz albums
  
Pretty for the People, Stable Mates, The Golden Age of Ap, Loved Ones, Ballads by Cobb

A k salim blues suite


Blues Suite is an album by American jazz composer and arranger A. K. Salim featuring Nat Adderley and Phil Woods recorded in 1958 for the Savoy label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Jim Todd states "This set of mid-tempo, blues-based arrangements performed by an all-star group is a good idea that falls short in its execution. ...Dreary is too strong a word, but certainly dull".

Track listing

All compositions by A. K. Salim

  1. "Pay Day" - 3:56
  2. "Joy Box" - 6:03
  3. "Full Moon" - 5:12
  4. "Blue Baby" - 3:39
  5. "The Sultan" - 4:25
  6. "Blue Shout" - 3:25
  7. "Dike How Long Baby" - 4:59

Personnel

  • A. K. Salim - arranger, director
  • Nat Adderley - cornet
  • Paul Cohen, Joe Wilder - trumpet
  • Buster Cooper - trombone
  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  • Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
  • Oscar Dennard - piano
  • Eddie Costa - piano, vibraphone
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Granville Hogan - drums

    • Songs

    1Payday3:56
    2Joybox6:03
    3Full Moon5:13

    References

    Blues Suite Wikipedia
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