Meditations (Elmo Hope album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Meditations
| type = Studio
| artist = Elmo Hope Trio
| cover = Meditations (Elmo Hope album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1955
| recorded = July 28, 1955
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:58
| label = Prestige
PRLP 7010
| producer = Bob Weinstock
| chronology = Elmo Hope
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7000-series/#prlp-7010 Prestige Records discography] accessed August 20, 2012
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|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: "Fans of bop piano and Bud Powell will want this enjoyable CD reissue".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hope-meets-foster-mw0000267678 Allmusic Review] accessed August 20, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Elmo Hope, except as indicated
- "It's a Lovely Day Today" (Irving Berlin) - 2:56
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:38
- "Quit It" - 2:53
- "Lucky Strike" - 2:38
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 3:22
- "Huh" - 4:55
- "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:24
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:46
- "Elmo's Fire" - 6:40
- "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:22
- "Blue Mo" - 4:24
Personnel
References
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Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio