title: Blues Suite
text: # Blues Suite
  
  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.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  
  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".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by A. K. Salim
  
  * "Pay Day" - 3:56
  * "Joy Box" - 6:03
  * "Full Moon" - 5:12
  * "Blue Baby" - 3:39
  * "The Sultan" - 4:25
  * "Blue Shout" - 3:25
  * "Like How Long Baby" - 4:59
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * A. K. Salim - arranger, director
  * Nat Adderley - cornet
  * Paul Cohen, Joe Wilder - trumpet
  * Buster Cooper - trombone
  * Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  * Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute
  * Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
  * Oscar Dennard - piano
  * Eddie Costa - piano, vibraphone
  * George Duvivier - bass
  * Granville Hogan - drums
  