Flute Suite
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{{Infobox album
| name = Flute Suite
| type = Studio
| artist = A. K. Salim
| cover = Flute Suite.jpg
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| released = 1957
| recorded = March 21, 1957
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 32:32
| label = Savoy
MG 12102
| producer = Ozzie Cadena
| chronology = A. K. Salim
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Stable Mates
| next_year = 1957
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12100-series/#mg-12102 Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series] accessed July 16, 2015
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars[http://www.allmusic.com/album/flute-suite-mw0000900165 Allmusic listing], accessed July 16, 2015
Track listing
All compositions by A. K. Salim, except where noted.
- "Duo-Flautist" - 2:45
- "Miltown Blues" - 7:20
- "Woolafunt's Lament" (Frank Wess) - 7:05 Bonus track on original LP release
- "Ballin' the Blues" - 3:23
- "Pretty Baby" - 4:57
- "Loping" - 2:51
- "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 forthcoming 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
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Category:Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena