Hope-Full

Hope-Full is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1961 for the Riverside label.^[1] Hope performs 5 solo piano pieces and three piano duets with his wife Bertha.

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) Hope-Full (1962) Sounds from Rikers Island (1963)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]

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".^[2]

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)

References

1. Riverside Records discography accessed October 26, 2012
2. Yanow, Scott. "Elmo Hope: Hope-Full". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.