Hip Ensemble

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Hip Ensemble
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Studio album by
Released1971
Recorded1971
Genre Jazz
Length34:44
Label Mainstream
MRL 313
Producer Bob Shad
Roy Haynes chronology
People
(1964)
Hip Ensemble
(1971)
Senyah
(1972)

Hip Ensemble is an album recorded by American drummer Roy Haynes in 1971 for the Mainstream label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Ron Wynn states "This explosive session helped cement the reputations of George Adams and Hannibal Marvin Peterson". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Roy Haynes except as indicated

  1. "Equipoise" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:18
  2. "I'm So High" - 4:10
  3. "Tangiers" - 5:59
  4. "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) - 4:13
  5. "Satan's Mysterious Feeling" (George Adams) - 6:38
  6. "You Name It/List Ev'ry Voice and Sing" (Adams/James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) - 9:26

Personnel

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References

  1. Roy Haynes discography accessed August 13, 2014
  2. 1 2 Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed August 13, 2014