''The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan'' is an album by American jazz drummer

Max Roach Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz Jazz drumming, drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in h ...

with pianist

Hasaan Ibn Ali Hasaan Ibn Ali (born William Henry Langford, Jr.; May 6, 1931 – 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Ibn Ali was strongly influenced by Elmo Hope, and his playing was rapid and intense, retaining a sense of rhythm even when his st ...

, recorded in 1964 and released on the

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label in March 1965.Max Roach discography
accessed September 24, 2012 It is the only recording featuring Ibn Ali released during his lifetime.

Reception

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awarded the album 4½ stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating: "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".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed September 24, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Hasaan Ibn Ali # "Three-Four vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways" - 5:40 # "Off My Back Jack" - 5:13 # "Hope So Elmo" - 3:52 # "Almost Like Me" - 6:39 # "Din-Ka Street" - 6:08 # "Pay Not Play Not" - 8:08 # "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

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Art Davis Arthur David Davis (December 6, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach. Biography Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State ...

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References

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