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.
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | November 9 & 14, 1961 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:44 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 408 | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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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 edit
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 edit
- Elmo Hope - piano
- Bertha Hope - piano (tracks 2, 5 & 7)
References edit
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 26, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Elmo Hope: Hope-Full". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.