Hasaan Ibn Ali – Reaching For The Stars: Trios / Duos / Solos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:05 minutes | 530 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Eleven previously unissued tracks from the rediscovered, legendary Hasaan Ibn Ali. Available on CD and double vinyl with packaging that includes a new essay from pianist, composer & writer, Ethan Iverson.
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Hasaan Ibn Ali – Retrospect in Retirement of Delay: The Solo Recordings (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:31:46 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Omnivore Recordings
21 previously unissued solo tracks recorded between 1962–1965.
Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali was a local Philadelphia legend who had an impact on John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner and many others. He took the larger jazz world by storm in 1965 when was released on Atlantic Records. The label was so impressed, they set Ibn Ali up to record his own album later that year, but it was never mixed or released. Thirteen years later, the tapes went up in flames in a New Jersey warehouse. While the sessions were thought lost forever, copies were believed to exist. And they did! Once located and the audio restored, the acclaimed 2021 release of Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album finally saw the light of day.
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