The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan

The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, featuring pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, recorded in 1964 and released on the Atlantic label in March 1965.[1][2] The album represents the sole recording of Hasaan Ibn Ali that was ever released.

The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan
Studio album by
Max Roach Trio
ReleasedMarch 1965[1]
RecordedDecember 4 & 7, 1964
New York City
GenreJazz
Length41:07
LabelAtlantic
LP 1435
ProducerArif Mardin
Max Roach chronology
Speak, Brother, Speak!
(1962)		 The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan
(1965)		 Drums Unlimited
(1965-66)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Tom HullB+ ()[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and its review by Scott Yanow states, "This is a classic of its kind and it is fortunate that it was made, but it is a tragedy that Hasaan would not record again and that he would soon sink back into obscurity".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Hasaan Ibn Ali

  1. "Three-Four vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways" - 5:40
  2. "Off My Back Jack" - 5:13
  3. "Hope So Elmo" - 3:52
  4. "Almost Like Me" - 6:39
  5. "Din-Ka Street" - 6:08
  6. "Pay Not Play Not" - 8:08
  7. "To Inscribe" - 5:00
  • Recorded in New York on December 4 (tracks 1, 4 & 5) and December 7 (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7), 1964

Personnel

References
  1. "New Album Releases". Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 13 March 1965. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. Max Roach discography accessed September 24, 2012
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 24, 2012
  4. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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