Released 1989 Release date 1989 | Length 74:32CD reissue | |
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Recorded June 18, 1953, May 9, 1954 and October 31, 1957Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack (1953-54) and Los Angeles (1957) Similar Elmo Hope albums, Jazz albums |
Trio and Quintet is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope which compiles sessions recorded in 1953, originally released as a 10" LP titled Elmo Hope Trio, and 1954, originally released as a 10" LP titled Elmo Hope Quintet, Volume 2, for the Blue Note label along with a session from 1957 originally released on Pacific Jazz as one half of an LP shared with The Jazz Messengers.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook stated "Of the collections of Elmo Hope's '50s recordings, Trio and Quintet is the one to get. It includes his prime Blue Note sessions and features a stellar cast of hard bop musicians... This Blue Note release is great not only for its cross-section of Hope compositions, but also for the many fertile ideas they've inspired in top-drawer soloists".
Track listing
All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated
- "It's a Lovely Day Today" (Irving Berlin) - 2:47
- "Mo Is On" - 2:50
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 2:59
- "Happy Hour" - 2:52
- "Hot Sauce" - 3:53
- "Stars Over Marrakech" - 3:06
- "Freffie" - 3:05
- "Carvin' the Rock" (Hope, Sonny Rollins) - 2:55
- "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer, Mark Fisher) - 2:46
- "Mo Is On" [alternate take] - 2:51
- "Crazy" - 4:17
- "Abdullah" - 3:48
- "Chips" - 3:35
- "Later for You" - 4:01
- "Low Tide" - 4:12
- "Maybe So" - 4:24
- "Crazy" [alternate take] - 4:23
- "So Nice" - 6:08
- "St. Elmo's Fire" - 5:56
- "Vaun Ex" - 4:45
Personnel
Songs
1It's A Lovely Day Today (2005 Digital Remaster)2:48
2Mo Is On (Instrumental)2:51
3Sweet And Lovely (Instrumental)2:59