1956 studio album by Elmo Hope
Informal Jazz album by jazz musician Elmo Hope , released in September or October 1956 on Prestige Records .[ 1] [ 2] Two Tenors sidemen for the session, John Coltrane and Hank Mobley .
Reception
In his review for AllMusic , critic Eugene Chadbourne praises each musician's performance individually and by track and comments on the album as a whole: "If this particular session hasn't assumed the legend of a jazz classic, it's because, on the whole, some little spark seems to be missing. If this element could be defined easily, and put into words quickly and efficiently, then record producers and musicians would know exactly how to create the perfect jam session record. The people involved in this record know much more about such a science than the average musician and record producer. These are musicians very far down the road from being average, all of this underscoring the difficulty of creating a spontaneous recording session at which moments of improvisational genius are expected to pop up."[ 3]
Track listing
"Weeja" (Elmo Hope) – 11:00
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams " (Jimmy Van Heusen , Johnny Burke ) – 8:31
"On It" (Elmo Hope) – 8:58
"Avalon " (Al Jolson , Buddy DeSylva , Vincent Rose ) – 9:37
Personnel
References
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Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin' Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin' Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner's Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don't Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor's Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
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At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1955)At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 The Jazz Messengers Originally At the Jazz Corner of the World All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)K.B. Blues Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd , 1955)Byrd in Flight A New Perspective Mustang! Blackjack Dial "S" for Sonny Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis , 1961)In Person Friday and Saturday Nights Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham , 1955)Whistle Stop This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)Undercurrent Farmer's Market Art Farmer , 1956)The Opener Curtis Fuller , 1957)Sliding Easy Afro Dizzy Gillespie , 1954)Dizzy and Strings Jazz Recital I Want to Hold Your Hand Grant Green , 1965)A Blowin' Session Johnny Griffin , 1957)My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)Goin' Up Freddie Hubbard , 1960)Blue Spirits The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 Together! Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones , 1961)Midnight Walk I Wanna Talk About You Tete Montoliu , 1980)Introducing Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Sextet Cornbread Lee Morgan , 1965)Charisma The Rajah Tenor Conclave Star Bright Dizzy Reece , 1959)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Good Move! Freddie Roach 1963)The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley Max Roach + 4 The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker MAX Max Roach , 1958)Yasmina, a Black Woman Archie Shepp , 1969)Poem for Malcolm Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver The Stylings of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Julius Watkins Sextet Compilations Related articles
