Meditations (Elmo Hope album)

Meditations (also released as Elmo Hope Memorial Album) is an album by American jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1955 for the Prestige label.[1]

Meditations
Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedJuly 28, 1955
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:58
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7010
ProducerBob Weinstock
Elmo Hope chronology
Meditations
(1955)
Hope Meets Foster
(1955)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Fans of bop piano and Bud Powell will want this enjoyable CD reissue".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Elmo Hope, except as indicated

  1. "It's a Lovely Day Today" (Irving Berlin) - 2:56
  2. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:38
  3. "Quit It" - 2:53
  4. "Lucky Strike" - 2:38
  5. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:22
  6. "Huh" - 4:55
  7. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:24
  8. "My Heart Stood Still" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:46
  9. "Elmo's Fire" - 6:40
  10. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:22
  11. "Blue Mo" - 4:24

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed August 20, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 20, 2012
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.