• 2x vinyl LP

• Gatefold jacket

A lost jazz treasure from one of the most enigmatic pianists of the 60s – the legendary Hasaan, who recorded famously with Max Roach on Atlantic Records, but who also left behind this rare session that's never seen the light of day until now!

Hasaan hails from Philly, where he was a player who'd made huge waves in that city, with a technique that rivaled the modernism of Elmo Hope or Herbie Nichols – but a musician who rarely ever got exposure outside of the city, which is what makes this album so essential! Even more essential is the fact that the set features work from a very young Odean Pope on tenor – really sounding tremendous here next to Hasaan – maybe the Charlie Rouse to his Thelonious Monk, although both musicians work in territory that's even more mindblowing!

PERSONNEL:

• Hasaan Ibn Ali - (piano)
• Odean Pope - (tenor sax)
• Art Davis - (bass)
• Kalil Madi - (drums)

Atlantic Studios, New York City, August 23 and September 7, 1965.

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• A1. Atlantic Ones
• A2. Viceroy
• A3. El Hasaan

• B1. Richard May Love Give Powell
• B2. Metaphysics
• B3. Epitome
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• LP TWO

• C1. True Train

• D1. True Train (Short Version)
• D2. Viceroy (Short Version)
• D3. Atlantic Ones (Edit)