Meditations (Elmo Hope album) explained

Meditations
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Elmo Hope Trio
Cover:	Meditations (Elmo Hope album).jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	July 28, 1955 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:58
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7010
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Chronology:	Elmo Hope
Next Title:	Hope Meets Foster
Next Year:	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

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7000-series/#prlp-7010 Prestige Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 20, 2012