We use cookies on our website to provide you with the best experience. Most of these are essential and already present.
We do require your explicit consent to save your cart and browsing history between visits. Read about cookies we use here.
Your cart and preferences will not be saved if you leave the site.
Special 15% discount on all available VOD Records items until Monday at midnight!
play
Out of stock
1
2
File under: Bop

Elmo Hope Trio

New Faces, New Sounds (LP)

Label: Down At Dawn

Format: LP

Genre: Jazz

Out of stock

What style of piano does Elmo Hope play? It would be easy to answer “The same as Bud Powell,” but this would not do justice to a musician who, while coming along the same route as Bud for so many years, is now ploughing a separate path for himself, though in a similar general neighborhood. His original material, though it has the intense, rapt quality of Bud’s, remains personal, whether it be the relatively serene approach of Happy Hour or the minor Moroccan mood of Stars Over Marakech. When you hear Elmo Hope, your first reaction will quite possibly be “Well, where has he been all these years?” And the fact is that while Elmo was giving recitals at the age of 14 and even won medals during his teen-aged concertizing, he has never, until now, achieved much more than local recognition. If you will pardon the pun, this might be the time to say that there is new hope for Elmo.

Details
File under: Bop
Cat. number: DAD 137LP
Year: 2020