Pretty for the People

Pretty for the People
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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[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
1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed July 29, 2015

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

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed July 29, 2015

Pepper Adams
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (John Coltrane, 1957) Critics' Choice (1957) Pepper Adams Quintet (1957) The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957) The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (and Jimmy Knepper, 1958) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Mean What You Say (Thad Jones, 1966) Encounter! (1968) Ephemera (1973) Julian (1975) Twelfth & Pingree (1975) Baritone Madness (1977) Reflectory (1978) Be-Bop? (and Barry Altschul, ) The Master (1980) Urban Dreams (1981) California Cookin' (1983) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983) Generations (and Frank Foster, 1985) The Adams Effect (1985)
Co-led/ with Donald Byrd	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967)
With The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra	Opening Night (1966) Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (1966) Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra (1966) Live at the Village Vanguard (1967) The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown (1968) Monday Night (1968) Basle, 1969 (1969) Consummation (1970) Suite for Pops (1972–75) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica (1973–74) Live in Tokyo (1974) Potpourri (1974) New Life (1975–76) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra with Rhoda Scott (1976) Live in Munich (1976) It Only Happens Every Time (1977)
With others	Hello There, Universe (Mose Allison, 1970) The Big Sound (Gene Ammons, 1958) Groove Blues (Gene Ammons, 1958) Blue Gene (Gene Ammons, 1958) Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" (Chet Baker, 1956) Chet (Chet Baker, 1958–59) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) Cubicle (Walter Bishop Jr., 1978) MCMLXX (Ray Bryant, 1970) Double Cross (Hank Crawford, 1967) Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Hank Crawford, 1969) Help Me Make It Through the Night (Hank Crawford, 1971–72) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Ridin' High (Maynard Ferguson, 1967) Soul Street (Jimmy Forrest, 1958) Four on the Outside (Curtis Fuller, 1978) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Live at the Village Vanguard (Dizzy Gillespie, 1967) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967) Wild Horses Rock Steady (Johnny "Hammond" Smith, 1971) The Prophet (Johnny "Hammond" Smith, 1972) Luminescence! (Barry Harris, 1967) Bull's Eye! (Barry Harris, 1968) Poly-Currents (Elvin Jones, 1969) Merry-Go-Round (Elvin Jones, 1971) Showcase (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) I/We Had a Ball (Quincy Jones, et al, 1965) Kenton with Voices (Stan Kenton, 1957) Our Mann Flute (Herbie Mann, 1960–66) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960) Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1994) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) Boss Horn (Blue Mitchell, 1966) Heads Up! (Blue Mitchell, 1967) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (The Mitchells: Whitey, Red & Blue Mitchell & André Previn, 1958) Poppin' (Hank Mobley, 1957) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) The Cooker (Lee Morgan, 1958) Standards (Lee Morgan, 1967) More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1964) Dedication! (Duke Pearson, 1961)/Minor Mishap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Honeybuns (Duke Pearson, 1965) Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (Duke Pearson, 1967–68) Now Hear This (Duke Pearson, 1968) Blue Odyssey (Houston Person, 1968) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Portrait of Shorty (Shorty Rogers, 1957) Pretty for the People (A.K. Salim, 1957) Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin, 1976) I Want a Country Man (Dakota Staton, 1973) Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957) Man Bites Harmonica! (Toots Thielemans, 1958) Mister Mysterious (Mickey Tucker, 1978) The Spoiler (Stanley Turrentine, 1966) Blues for Easy Livers (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1965–66) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)

Max Roach
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	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)
Co-leader 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, Maynard Ferguson, 1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
With Sonny Rollins	Work Time (1955) Rollins Plays for Bird (1956) Saxophone Colossus (1956) Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (1956) Tour de Force (1956) Freedom Suite (1958)
With others	Witch Doctor (Chet Baker, 1953) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Al Cohn's Tones (1953) Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50) Conception (Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, 1951) Jazz Contrasts (Kenny Dorham, 1957) Paris Blues (Duke Ellington, 1961) Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson (1954) Diz and Getz (Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, 1953) Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (1954) The Bop Session (Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, 1975) The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957) Introducing Johnny Griffin (Johnny Griffin, 1956) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins, 1946) First Place (J. J. Johnson, 1957) The Magnificent Thad Jones (1956) That's Him! (Abbey Lincoln, 1957) Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961) Out Front (Booker Little, 1961) The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions Gil Melle, 1952) Mingus at the Bohemia (Charles Mingus, 1955) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955) Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (Thelonious Monk, 1952) Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk, 1956) Herbie Nichols Trio (1955–56) Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions/Charlie Parker on Dial/Complete Charlie Parker on Dial (1945–48) Big Band (Charlie Parker, 1952) Oscar Pettiford Sextet (1954) The Amazing Bud Powell (1951) Pretty for the People (A.K. Salim, 1957) Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (1949–50) Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)