Meditations (Elmo Hope album)

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Meditations
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Studio album by
Elmo Hope Trio
Released1955
RecordedJuly 28, 1955
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length42:58
Label Prestige
PRLP 7010
Producer Bob Weinstock
Elmo Hope chronology
Meditations
(1955)
Hope Meets Foster
(1955)

Meditations (also released as Elmo Hope Memorial Album) is an album by American jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1955 for the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Fans of bop piano and Bud Powell will want this enjoyable CD reissue". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope, except as indicated

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

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.