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(Top) 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 As leader 2.2 As arranger/composer 3 See also 4 References

A. K. Salim

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Ahmad Khatab Salim
Birth name	Albert Atkinson
Also known as	Ahmad Kharab Salim
Born	(1922-07-28)July 28, 1922 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Died	January 1, 2003(2003-01-01) (aged 80)
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Arranger, composer, musician
Instrument(s)	Alto saxophone
Years active	1939–65

Ahmad Khatab SalimorAhmad Kharab Salim (born Albert Atkinson) (July 28, 1922 – January 1, 2003) was an American jazz composer, and arranger.

Biography

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Salim attended DuSable High School with Bennie Green, Dorothy Donegan and Gene Ammons and played alto saxophoneinKing Kolax's band from 1938 to 1939 before working with Jimmy Raschel and Tiny Bradshaw.^[1] He stopped playing after a jaw injury in 1943 and arranged music for the big bands of Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Lunceford, Lionel Hampton and Count Basie who recorded his composition "Normania" in 1949, and recorded it again in 1952 as "Blee Blop Blues".^[2] Salim left music for a career in real estate from 1949 to 1956 but returned to write and arrange Latin jazz for Tito Puente, Machito, Dizzy Gillespie and others.^[1] Salim released three albums under his leadership on Savoy Records in the late 1950s and recorded a further album for Prestige Records in 1964.

Salim died on January 1, 2003, aged 80.^[3]

Discography

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As leader

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Flute Suite (Savoy, 1957) with Frank Wess and Herbie Mann
Stable Mates (Savoy, 1957) split album with Yusef Lateef
Pretty for the People (Savoy, 1957)
Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)
Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (Prestige, 1965)

As arranger/composer

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with Gene Ammons

Jug Sessions (EmArcy, 1947 [1976])

With Count Basie

Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954])
Basie in London (Verve, 1956)
Count Basie at Newport (Verve, 1957)
Basie at Birdland (Roulette, 1961)

With Dizzy Gillespie

World Statesman (Norgran, 1956)
Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957)

With Illinois Jacquet

Groovin' with Jacquet (Clef, 1951-53 [1956])

With Machito

Kenya (Roulette, 1957)

With Herbie Mann

Salute to the Flute (Epic, 1957)
Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion (Verve, 1960)

With Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica (RCA Victor, 1957)

With Tito Puente

Puente Goes Jazz (RCA, 1956)
Herman's Heat & Puente's Beat! (Everest, 1958) with Woody Herman

See also

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List of jazz arrangers

References

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^ ^a ^b Feather, Leonard (1960). The New Encyclopedia of Jazz. Horizon Press.

^ Ginell, Cary (2014). The Evolution of Mann: Herbie Mann and the Flute in Jazz. Hal Leonard Corporation.

^ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007". Ancestry. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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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)

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