Hope-Full

Hope-Full
Hope-Full
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

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[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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[]

^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 26, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Review accessed October 26, 2012
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Riverside Records discography accessed October 26, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Review accessed October 26, 2012

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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hide v t Elmo Hope
The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s), not the first release.
As 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)
As 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)