Hope-Full
1962 studio album by Elmo Hope
Hope-Full | ||||
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Studio album by Elmo Hope | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | November 9 & 14, 1961 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:44 | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 408 | |||
Elmo Hope chronology | ||||
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Hope-Full is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1961 for the Riverside label.[1] Hope performs 5 solo piano pieces and three piano duets with his wife Bertha.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "solo albums by the bop musicians were considered a bit unusual, but Elmo Hope (an underrated composer and pianist) fares quite well during this Riverside set".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated
- "Underneath" - 4:35
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 5:18
- "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) - 4:58
- "Most Beautiful" - 5:03
- "Blues Left and Right" - 6:05
- "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) - 3:32
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:23
- "Moonbeams" - 4:50
Personnel
- Elmo Hope - piano
- Bertha Hope - piano (tracks 2, 5 & 7)
References
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The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s), not the first release.
leader
- Trio and Quintet (1953–57)
- Meditations (1955)
- Hope Meets Foster (1955)
- Informal Jazz (1956)
- Elmo Hope Trio (1959)
- Here's Hope! (1961)
- High Hope! (1961)
- Homecoming! (1962)
- Hope-Full (1962)
- Sounds from Rikers Island (1963)
- The Final Sessions (1966)
sideman
- Memorial Album (Clifford Brown, 1953)
- Moving Out (Sonny Rollins, 1954)
- Lights Out! (Jackie McLean, 1956)
- Sonority (Curtis Counce, 1956–58)
- Exploring the Future (Curtis Counce, 1958)
- The Fox (Harold Land, 1959)