Max Roach

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• 4 1/2 stars all music guide

According to Odean Pope, Hasaan was not an easy person to get on with, and he was convinced of his talent to the point of arrogance. But despite this – or perhaps because of this – one listens spellbound to the 40 minutes on this LP, a legacy and never-fulfilled promise of an extremely talented man. We are indebted to Max Roach, who persuaded the bosses of Atlantic Records to make these recordings. For many, many years they had vanished from the record market, but fortunately they are now available as an audiophile re-release to be listened to and admired.

PERSONNEL:

• HASSAN IBN ALI, piano
• ART DAVIS, bass
• MAX ROACH, drums

Recording: December 1964 in New York

TRACKS:

• A1. Three-Four Vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways
• A2. Off My Back Jack
• A3. Hope So Elmo
• A4. Almost Like Me

• B1. Din-Ka Street
• B2. Pay Not Play Not
• B3. To Inscribe