Elmo Hope - Hope Meets Foster

Styles: Piano Jazz, Bop 
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:13
Size: 88,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:28)  1. Wail, Frank, Wail
(5:16)  2. Zarou
(6:17)  3. Fosterity
(6:41)  4. Georgia On My Mind
(5:51)  5. Shutout
(7:38)  6. Yaho

This decent bop session features tenor-saxophonist Frank Foster and pianist Elmo Hope in a quintet with the forgotten trumpeter Freeman Lee (who is on three of the six songs), bassist John Ore and drummer Art Taylor. They perform three of Hope's originals, two by Foster and an uptempo version of "Georgia on My Mind." None of the originals caught on (when was the last time anyone played "Fosterity"?) and nothing that innovative occurs but the music should please bop fans. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/hope-meets-foster-mw0000267678

Personnel:  Elmo Hope (piano); Frank Foster (tenor saxophone); Freeman Lee (trumpet); John Ore (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).

Hope Meets Foster

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