| Blues Suite | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | October 6, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 31:57 | |||
| Label | Savoy MG 12132 | |||
| Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
| A. K. Salim chronology | ||||
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Blues Suite is an album by American jazz composer and arranger A. K. Salim featuring Nat Adderley and Phil Woods recorded in 1958 for the Savoy label. [1]
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| Allmusic |    [2] |
Allmusic reviewer Jim Todd states "This set of mid-tempo, blues-based arrangements performed by an all-star group is a good idea that falls short in its execution. ...Dreary is too strong a word, but certainly dull". [2]
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