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Elmo Hope
Complete Stuido Recordings: The Master Tapes
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Happy Hour
2. Freffie
3. Carving the Rock
4. Hot Sauce
5. Mo Is On
6. Stars Over Marakesh
7. I Remember You - Elmo Hope, Mercer
8. It's a Lovely Day Today - Elmo Hope, Berlin, Irving
9. Sweet and Lovely - Elmo Hope, Arnheim, Gus
10. All the Things You Are - Elmo Hope, Hammerstein II
11. Ghost of a Chance - Elmo Hope, Crosby
12. Falling in Love with Love - Elmo Hope, Hart
13. Quit It
14. Huh!
15. My Heart Stood Still - Elmo Hope, Hart, Lorenz
16. It's a Lovely Day Today - Elmo Hope, Berlin, Irving
17. I'm in the Mood for Love - Elmo Hope, Fields, Dorothy
18. Lucky Strike
19. Blue Mo
20. Elmo's Fire (Homecoming)
21. The Countdown
22. Eejah
Track Listings (15) - Disc #2
1. B's A-Plenty
2. Barfly
3. Boa
4. Something for Kenny
5. Like Someone in Love - Elmo Hope, Burke
6. Minor Bertha
7. Tranquility
8. La Berthe
9. Homecoming
10. One Mo' Blues
11. Imagination - Elmo Hope, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
12. Kevin
13. Three Silver Quarters
14. Hot Sauce
15. When the Groove Is Low
Track Listings (15) - Disc #3
1. Freffie
2. De Dah
3. Abdullah
4. Stars Over Marakesh
5. Chips
6. Moe's Bluff
7. Happy Hour
8. Mo Is On
9. Maybe So
10. Crazy
11. Toothsome Threesome
12. Low Tide
13. Bird's View
14. Something for Kenny
15. Vi-Ann
Track Listings (10) - Disc #4
1. Somebody Loves Me - Elmo Hope, DeSylva, Buddy
2. Grammy
3. A Kiss for My Love
4. Roll On
5. Punch That
6. I Love You - Elmo Hope, Porter, Cole
7. A Night in Tunisia - Elmo Hope, Gillespie, Dizzy
8. Stellations
9. Pam
10. Elmo's Blues

CD Details

All Artists: Elmo Hope
Title: Complete Stuido Recordings: The Master Tapes
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gambit Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 2/12/2007
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered, Box set
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style:
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 8436028692620

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 four CD collection of work by pianist Elmo Hope in a trio format. Features tunes from nine different albums, issued on a variety of different labels, all brought together in a single set! Hope in a trio format really takes off from the usual, displaying talents on the keys that rival contemporary modernists like Thelonious Monk, Randy Weston, or Herbie Nichols, presented with a sound that has plenty of sharp edges and odd turns, but also some bluesier undercurrents as well. The material was recorded both in LA and New York, documenting both sides of Hope's continental sojourn in Jazz. Bassists here include Percy Heath, John Ore, Curtis Counce, Jimmy Bond, Paul Chambers, and Ronnie Boykins; alongside drummers who include Willie Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Frank Butler, and Clifford Jarvis. 62 tracks in all containing material from the albums New Faces New Sounds, Meditations, Elmo Hope Trio, Homecoming, Sounds From Rikers Island, Here's Hope, High Hope, and The Final Sessions. Gambit.

CD Reviews

Elmo Hope Trio-Complete Studio Masters

Stuart Jefferson | San Diego,Ca | 09/14/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Four discs-each approximately 79 min. Good warm sound with open space between the instruments. Elmo Hope should be as well-known as Bobby Timmons,Red Garland or Horace Silver(his Blue Note trio recordings)but for whatever reason,he is not. His sound in places reminds you of the above three,with perhaps a bit of Bud Powell. No matter what tempo,Hope has a warm individual sound. In a trio format his talent really shines through,while playing in a larger group(found on a Blue Note release) his skills are not as apparent. His style is a combination of swing and be-bop with a real warmth underneath it all.

On these tracks Hope is accompanied by such well-known musicians as Percy Heath,John Ore,Jimmy Bond,Ronnie Boykins,Curtis Counce and Paul Chambers on bass. In the drum chair are Philly Joe Jones,Willie Jones,Frank Butler,Clifford Jarvis and Granville Hogan. The tracks span about thirteen years,1953-1966,and collect tracks from a number of albums. The tempos range from slow,meditative sides to up-tempo where Hope really swings. The other players don't intrude on Hope's playing-they play a complimentary role that keeps Hope out in front where he belongs. This is a very fine example of piano jazz in a trio format,and anyone who enjoys this kind of sound would do well in purchasing this set.

This is another one of those mysteries as to why someone with so much talent has been relegated to the sidelines. If you enjoy the "big"names mentioned here,on hearing this collection,you will add Elmo Hope's name to the list."