Flute Suite Explained

Flute Suite
Type:	Studio
Artist:	A. K. Salim
Cover:	Flute Suite.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	March 21, 1957
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	32:32
Label:	Savoy MG 12102
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	A. K. Salim
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.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by A. K. Salim, except where noted.

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 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12100-series/#mg-12102 Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/flute-suite-mw0000900165 Allmusic listing