A fascinating late-career entry from Hank Mobley, "The Flip" leans into the burgeoning jazz-rock fusion sound with harder grooves and amplified textures.
- The album was recorded on April 15, 1969, with a lineup featuring keyboardist Cedar Walton, bassist Bob Cranshaw, drummer Bill Cobham, and guitarist George Benson.
- "The Flip" was Mobley's second-to-last album for Blue Note Records.
- The title track features an extended, driving solo from Mobley over a prominent electric piano riff.
Hank Mobley was a prolific jazz tenor saxophonist from Georgia, a foundational figure in the hard bop movement of the 1950s and 1960s. By 1970, Mobley had moved beyond the soul jazz and hard bop idioms that defined his earlier career, experimenting with elements of funk and rock.
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