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Pretty for the People

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Released
  
February 1958

Artist
  
A.K. Salim

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

Pretty for the People (1957)
  
Blues Suite (1958)

Release date
  
February 1958

Label
  
Savoy Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 17, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Similar
  
Blues Suite, Stable Mates, Patterns of Jazz, That's Him!, Introducing Johnny Griffin

Pretty for the People is an album by American jazz composer and arranger A. K. Salim featuring Kenny Dorham and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1957 for the Savoy label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars

Track listing

All compositions by A. K. Salim

  1. "Blu-Binsky" - 6:12
  2. "R.U.1.2." - 8:00
  3. "Shirley Ray" - 6:03
  4. "Ba-Lu-Ee-Du" - 5:48
  5. "Pretty for the People" - 8:05
  6. "Takin' Care of Business" - 5:24
  7. "Blu-Binsky" [Alternate Take] - 6:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Pretty for the People" [Alternate Take] - 8:29 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • A. K. Salim - arranger, director
  • Kenny Dorham - trumpet
  • Buster Cooper - trombone
  • Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Chano Pozo - congas

    • Songs

    1Blu-Binsky6:16
    2RU128:03
    3Shirley Ray6:06

    References

    Pretty for the People Wikipedia
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