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Released
  
1957

Artist
  
A. K. Salim

Label
  
Savoy Records

Flute Suite(1957)
  
Stable Mates(1957)

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 21, 1957New York City

Jazz albums
  
Blues Suite, Pretty for the People, Salute to the Flute, Opus de Jazz, Stable Mates

Flute Suite is an album by American jazz composer and arranger A. K. Salim featuring flautists Frank Wess and Herbie Mann recorded in 1957 for the Savoy label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars

Track listing

All compositions by A. K. Salim except as indicated

  1. "Duo-Flautist" - 2:45
  2. "Miltown Blues" - 7:20
  3. "Woolafunt's Lament" (Frank Wess) - 7:05 Bonus track on original LP release
  4. "Ballin' the Blues" - 3:23
  5. "Pretty Baby" - 4:57
  6. "Loping" - 2:51
  7. "Talk That Talk" - 4:11

Personnel

  • A. K. Salim - arranger, director
  • Herbie Mann, Frank Wess - flute, tenor saxophone
  • Joe Wilder - trumpet
  • Frank Rehak - trombone
  • Hank Jones - piano
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Bobby Donaldson - drums

    • Track 3 was an advance selection added on to the original LP release to promote the forthcomong album Jazz for Playboys and featured the following personnel:

  • Frank Wess - tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green - guitar
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Gus Johnson - drums
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on January 5, 1957

    • References

    Flute Suite Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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