Hip Ensemble＜限定盤＞

Roy Haynesの1971年のアルバム『Hip Ensemble』がアナログ盤初リイシュー!

スピリチュアル・ジャズとファンクを融合させた名盤Roy Haynesの1971年のアルバム『Hip Ensemble』がWewantsoundsよりアナログ盤初リイシューとして登場!

Hannibal Marvin Peterson(トランペット)、George Adams(サックス)、Teruo Nakamura(ベース)など精鋭ミュージシャンが参加ている今作。リード曲"Equipoise"や"Nothing Ever Changes For You My Love"ではFender Rhodesを中心に美しいジャズが展開され、B面の"Satan's Mysterious Feeling"や"You Name It"ではHaynesのファンキーなドラムが炸裂。さらに、ボーナストラックとして"Roy's Tune"を初収録。新たにリマスタリングされた音源に加え、オリジナル見開きジャケットとKevin Le Gendreによるライナーノーツも付属。99歳で逝去したRoy Haynesのレガシーを体感できる必携の一枚です。

Returning to the leader's chair after a seven-year absence, drummer Roy Haynes signed with Boplicity and released Hip Ensemble in 1971. Named after the group Haynes led at the time -- a group that featured George Adams on saxophone and flute, Marvin Peterson on trumpet, Mervin Bronson on bass, and Carl Schroeder on keys -- the title Hip Ensemble somewhat gives away the game: this is now music, perched halfway between the out futurism that was Haynes' specialty while playing with Archie Shepp, Jackie McLean, Chick Corea, and Jack DeJohnette and the fusion that was creeping into the most adventurous aspects of '70s jazz. There are still aspects of pretty, lyrical restraint but the kinetic polyrhythms where Haynes intertwines with percussionists Elwood Johnson and Lawrence Killian provide a lively foundation for the bursts of brass colored by cool electric piano. It all culminates in the nine-minute two-part "You Name It/Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a civil rights anthem that evokes its era, but the restlessness of Hip Ensemble makes for a compelling session in any year. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine