The Final Sessions

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The Final Sessions
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Compilation album by
Elmo Hope
Released1996
RecordedMarch 8 and May 9, 1966
New York City
GenreJazz
Length121:52
CD reissue
LabelEvidence
ECD 22147-2
Elmo Hope chronology
Sounds from Rikers Island
(1963) 		The Final Sessions
(1996)

The Final Sessions is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope which compiles sessions recorded in 1966, originally released as Last Sessions Volume One and Last Sessions Volume Two on the Inner City label in 1977.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3.5/4 stars[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Elmo Hope is in surprisingly joyous form throughout the set, sounding both original and accessible to bebop fans. Highly recommended".[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 10:50
  2. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:16
  3. "Stellations" – 4:22
  4. "Pam" – 2:47
  5. "Elmo's Blues" – 10:42
  6. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 8:42
  7. "Low Tide" – 4:57
  8. "Low Tide" [alternate take] – 6:32

Disc Two:

  1. "Roll On" – 2:56
  2. "Roll On" [alternate take] – 5:52
  3. "Vi-Ann" – 6:37
  4. "Vi-Ann" [alternate take] – 5:40
  5. "Toothsome Threesome" – 8:52
  6. "Grammy" – 8:26
  7. "A Kiss for My Love" – 8:04
  8. "Something for Kenny" – 6:40
  9. "Punch That" – 9:37

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Elmo Hope discography accessed November 29, 2012
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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. 724. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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