Ahmad Kharab Salim

A.K. Salim: Blues Suite, 1958

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 5, 2015

One of the least researched and nearly forgotten master arrangers of the 1950s is Ahmad Khatab Salim—better known as A.K. Salim. He had a muscular, powerhouse orchestral style akin to Ernie Wilkins, but with less of a determined build and more instrumental complexity. Salim also had one of the finest Latin-jazz pens, scoring some of the most interesting charts of the late 1950s, such as Kenya, Machito's great album of 1957, and tracks for Herman's Heat & Puente's Beat in ...
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