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 with pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, recorded in 1964 and released on the Atlantic label in March 1965.^[1][2] It is the only recording featuring Ibn Ali released during his lifetime.

The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan
Studio album by Max Roach Trio
Released	March 1965[1]
Recorded	December 4 & 7, 1964 New York City
Genre	Hard bop post-bop
Length	41:07
Label	Atlantic LP 1435
Producer	Arif 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
Record Mirror	[5]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[6]

Allmusic 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".^[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

• Max Roach - drums
• Hasaan Ibn Ali - piano
• Art Davis - bass

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. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1221. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 September 1965). "Max Roach Trio: Featuring The Legendary Hasaan" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 235. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
6. Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.