Hope Meets Foster Explained

Hope Meets Foster
Type:Studio
Artist:Elmo Hope and Frank Foster
Cover:Hope Meets Foster.jpg
Released:1955
Recorded:October 4, 1955
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:11
Label:Prestige
PRLP 7021
Producer:Bob Weinstock
Chronology:Elmo Hope
Prev Title:Meditations
Prev Year:1955
Next Title:Informal Jazz
Next Year:1956

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

Reception

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7000-series/#prlp-7021 Prestige Records discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 20, 2012