• 2-CD EDITION

• 21 previously unissued solo tracks

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Packaging contains essays from Matthew Shipp, Alan Sukoenig, and Lewis Porter, plus previously unpublished photos.

Alan Sukoenig and saxophonist David Shrier were students at the University Of Pennsylvania in 1962, when Shrier told Sukoenig about an incredible pianist he had just heard at a club. It wasn’t long before the three became friends. Over the next four years, Shrier and Sukoenig captured their soon-to-be legend friend on tape, playing standards and a few originals.

The best of these tapes are now collected here, and for the first time, you hear the unique magic of jazz legend Hasaan Ibn Ali playing standards.

PERSONNEL:

• Hasaan Ibn Ali - piano

Recorded between 1962–1965

TRACKS:

• CD ONE
• 01. Falling In Love With Love
• 02. Atlantic Ones (Originally known as “Blue Is”)
• 03. Yesterdays
• 04. Cherokee
• 05.Body And Soul
• 06. Off Minor
• 07. Off My Back Jack
• 08. They Say It’s Wonderful
• 09. On Green Dolphin Street
• 10. How Deep Is The Ocean
• 11. Arabic Song

• CD TWO
• 01. True Train (Part I)
• 02. True Train (Part 2)
• 03. Lover
• 04. Sweet And Lovely
• 05. Mean To Me
• 06. After You’ve Gone
• 07. It Could Happen To You
• 08. Untitled Ballad
• 09. Extemporaneous Prose-Poem
• 10.Bésame Mucho