Hope-Full Explained

Hope-Full
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Elmo Hope
Cover:	Hope-Full.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	November 9 & 14, 1961 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:44
Label:	Riverside RLP 408
Chronology:	Elmo Hope
Prev Title:	Homecoming!
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Sounds from Rikers Island
Next Year:	1963

Hope-Full is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1961 for the Riverside label.^[1] Hope performs 5 solo piano pieces and three piano duets with his wife Bertha.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "solo albums by the bop musicians were considered a bit unusual, but Elmo Hope (an underrated composer and pianist) fares quite well during this Riverside set".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated

1. "Underneath" - 4:35
2. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 5:18
3. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) - 4:58
4. "Most Beautiful" - 5:03
5. "Blues Left and Right" - 6:05
6. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) - 3:32
7. "My Heart Stood Still" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:23
8. "Moonbeams" - 4:50

Personnel

• • Elmo Hope - piano Bertha Hope - piano (tracks 2, 5 & 7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-408 Riverside Records discography
2. Web site: Elmo Hope: Hope-Full . Scott . Yanow . AllMusic . September 16, 2022.