A Legend Before His Time: Newly discovered Hasaan Ibn Ali recordings illuminate his genius


It seems premature, if not downright presumptuous, to add the sobriquet “legendary” to an artist’s name on his debut album — especially when the artist in question is an unknown pianist from Philadelphia sharing the marquee with a bona fide legend such as Max Roach. But the legend of Hasaan Ibn Ali, whose debut (and,...

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