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Released
  
1962

Artist
  
Elmo Hope

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Length
  
39:44

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 9 & 14, 1961 New York City

Hope-Full (1961)
  
Sounds from Rikers Island (1963)

Similar
  
Elmo Hope albums, Jazz albums

Hope-Full is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1961 for the Riverside label. Hope performs 5 solo piano pieces and three piano duets with his wife Bertha.

Contents

Reception

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated

  1. "Underneath" - 4:35
  2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 5:18
  3. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) - 4:58
  4. "Most Beautiful" - 5:03
  5. "Blues Left and Right" - 6:05
  6. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) - 3:32
  7. "My Heart Stood Still" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:23
  8. "Moonbeams" - 4:50

Personnel

  • Elmo Hope - piano
  • Bertha Hope - piano (tracks 2, 5 & 7)

    • Songs

    1Underneath (Instrumental)4:37
    2Yesterdays (Instrumental)5:19
    3When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Instrumental)5:02

    References

    Hope-Full Wikipedia
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