" 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". 2014 remaster.

Disc has a handful of pin-sized marks.

• 1 Equipoise
• 2 I'm So High
• 3 Tangiers
• 4 Nothing Ever Changes For You My Love
• 5 Satan's Mysterious Feeling