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Meditations (Elmo Hope album)

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Released
  
1955

Artists
  
Elmo Hope, Elmo Hope Trio

Producer
  
Bob Weinstock

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:58

Release date
  
1955

Label
  
Prestige Records

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Recorded
  
July 28, 1955Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Meditations(1955)
  
Hope Meets Foster(1955)

Similar
  
Elmo Hope albums, Jazz albums

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

Contents

Reception

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

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated

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

Personnel

  • Elmo Hope - piano
  • John Ore - bass
  • Willie Jones - drums

    • Songs

    1All the Things You Are3:22
    2I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You4:55
    3Falling in Love With Love2:56

    References

    Meditations (Elmo Hope album) Wikipedia
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