Blue Note
Elmo Hope Quintet Volume 2
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| Recorded | 1954 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 5044 |
| Released | 1954 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 703693 |
The record
Hope at the piano with Frank Foster's tenor and Freeman Lee's trumpet up front, and a rhythm pair in Percy Heath and Art Blakey who could carry a much bigger record. Six tracks under offhand titles -- 'Abdullah', 'Chips', 'Later For You'. A 1954 Blue Note ten-inch with notes by Leonard Feather and a Francis Wolff photograph.
Tracks
- Crazy
- Abdullah
- Chips
- Later For You
- Low Tide
- Maybe So
Session personnel
- Percy Heath — Bass
- Art Blakey — Drums
- Leonard Feather — Liner Notes
- Francis Wolff — Photography By
- Elmo Hope — Piano
- Frank Foster — Tenor Saxophone
- Freeman Lee — Trumpet
- Elmo Hope Quintet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1954 | Blue Note · BLP 5044 — Vinyl LP 10" Mono earliest on file |
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| 1975 | Blue Note · BLP 5044 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Reissue, Mono |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BLP 5044 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Reissue, Mono |
| 2000 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9226 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2014 | Blue Note — File, FLAC, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 24-bit 96 kHz |
| 2015 | Blue Note · BLP 5044 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Reissue, Mono |
Follow the players
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