Hope Meets Foster

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Hope Meets Foster
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Studio album by
Elmo Hope and Frank Foster
Released1955
RecordedOctober 4, 1955
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz
Length38:11
Label Prestige
PRLP 7021
Producer Bob Weinstock
Elmo Hope chronology
Meditations
(1955)		Hope Meets Foster
(1955)		 Informal Jazz
(1956)
Frank Foster chronology
Here Comes Frank Foster
(1953)		Hope Meets Foster
(1955)		 No 'Count
(1956)

Hope Meets Foster is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope and saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1955 for the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "nothing that innovative occurs but the music should please bop fans". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except where noted

  1. "Wail, Frank, Wail" - 6:28
  2. "Zarou" (Frank Foster, Hope) - 5:16
  3. "Fosterity" (Foster) - 6:17
  4. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:41
  5. "Shutout" (Foster) - 5:51
  6. "Yaho" - 7:38

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed August 20, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 20, 2012
  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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