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.Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series accessed July 16, 2015
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 starsAllmusic 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
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