Hope-Full

Hope-Full
Studio album by Elmo Hope
Released	1962
Recorded	November 9 & 14, 1961 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:44
Label	Riverside RLP 408
Elmo Hope chronology
Homecoming! (1961)Homecoming!1961 Hope-Full (1961) Sounds from Rikers Island (1963)Sounds from Rikers Island1963

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

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".

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)