Pretty for the People

Pretty for the People
Pretty for the People
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Studio album by A. K. Salim
Released	February 1958
Recorded	September 17, 1957
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:32 Original LP
Label	Savoy; MG 12118
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
A. K. Salim chronology

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.^[1]

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	File:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by A. K. Salim

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

References

↑ Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series accessed July 29, 2015
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Allmusic listing, accessed July 29, 2015

[1] Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series accessed July 29, 2015

[Allmusic-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Allmusic listing, accessed July 29, 2015

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v t e A. K. Salim
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Flute Suite (1957) Stable Mates (with Yusef Lateef, 1957) Pretty for the People (1957) Blues Suite (1958) Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (1964)

v t e Max Roach
Albums	The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58) Award-Winning Drummer (1958) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) MAX (1958) Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958) Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958) Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958) Deeds, Not Words (1958) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959) The Many Sides of Max (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960) We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962) The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964) Drums Unlimited (1965) Members, Don't Git Weary (1968) Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973) Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978) Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979) M'Boom (1979) One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979) Pictures in a Frame (1979) The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979) In the Light (1982) Live at Vielharmonie (1983) Collage (M'Boom, 1984) It's Christmas Again (1984) Scott Free (1984) Survivors (1984) Easy Winners (1985) Bright Moments (1986) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989) To the Max! (1990–91)
With Clifford Brown	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954–55) Daahoud (1954) Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)

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