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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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars

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" - 6:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Pretty for the People" - 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
^ Allmusic listing, accessed July 29, 2015

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 Pepper Adams
Albums as leader	Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (1957) Critics' Choice (1957) Pepper Adams Quintet (1957) The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957) The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (1958) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Mean What You Say (1966) Encounter! (1968) Ephemera (1973) Julian (1975) Twelfth & Pingree (1975) Baritone Madness (1977) Reflectory (1978) Be-Bop? The Master (1980) Urban Dreams (1981) California Cookin' (1983) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983) Generations (1985) The Adams Effect (1985)
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)

Pepper Adams

Albums as leader

Baritones and French Horns/Dakar (1957)
Critics' Choice (1957)
Pepper Adams Quintet (1957)
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957)
The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (1958)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Mean What You Say (1966)
Encounter! (1968)
Ephemera (1973)
Julian (1975)
Twelfth & Pingree (1975)
Baritone Madness (1977)
Reflectory (1978)
Be-Bop?
The Master (1980)
Urban Dreams (1981)
California Cookin' (1983)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (1983)
Generations (1985)
The Adams Effect (1985)

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)

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)
Related articles	M'Boom

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