Meditations (Elmo Hope album)

Meditations
Studio album by Elmo Hope Trio
Released	1955
Recorded	July 28, 1955 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:58
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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

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

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

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed August 20, 2012
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.