Omnivore Recordings · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album

| Recorded | Aug 23 & Sep 7, 1965 |
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| Label | Omnivore Recordings |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 2093782 |
The record
Recorded for Atlantic and shelved for decades, this session finds the Philadelphia pianist's angular, Monk-adjacent language intact alongside a young Odean Pope, who'd carry Hasaan's harmonic ideas into his own later work. A genuine archival find -- proof of a criminally under-documented voice in jazz piano.
Session personnel
- Art Davis — bass
- Kalil Madi — drums
- Hasaan Ibn Ali — piano
- Odean Pope — tenor saxophone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 2021 | Omnivore Recordings · OVLP-411 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 2021 | Omnivore Recordings · OVCD-411 — CD, Album |
| 2022 | Omnivore Recordings |
| — | Omnivore Recordings · OVLP-411 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing |
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