Hope-Full
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hope-Full
| type = Studio
| artist = Elmo Hope
| cover = Hope-Full.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = November 9 & 14, 1961
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:44
| label = Riverside
RLP 408
| producer =
| 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-408 Riverside Records discography] accessed October 26, 2012 Hope performs 5 solo piano pieces and three piano duets with his wife Bertha.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=Penguin|page=723|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}
}}
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".{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hope-full-mw0000180764 |title=Elmo Hope: Hope-Full |first=Scott |last=Yanow |website=AllMusic |access-date=September 16, 2022}}
Track listing
All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated
- "Underneath" - 4:35
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 5:18
- "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Traditional) - 4:58
- "Most Beautiful" - 5:03
- "Blues Left and Right" - 6:05
- "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) - 3:32
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:23
- "Moonbeams" - 4:50
Personnel
- Elmo Hope - piano
- Bertha Hope - piano (tracks 2, 5 & 7)