Elmo Hope Trio: Complete Studio Recordings (The Master Takes) (Gambit, 1953-1966).

Gambit 69262 (2007). 

CD 1: 

New Faces, New Sounds: Elmo Hope (piano), Percy Heath (contrebasse), Philly Joe Jones (batterie). Hackensack, New Jersey, 18 juin 1953. 

1. Happy Hour (Elmo Hope) 2:52

2. Freffie (Elmo Hope) 3:05

3. Carving the Rock (Elmo Hope, Sonny Rollins) 2:56

4. Hot Sauce (Elmo Hope) 3:54

5. Mo is On (Elmo Hope) 2:51

6. Stars Over Marakesh (Elmo Hope) 3:06

7. I Remember You (Mercer, Schertzinger) 2:46

8. It's a Lovely Day Today (Irving Berlin) 2:49

9. Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim, Tobias) 2:58

Meditations: Elmo Hope (piano), John Ore (contrebasse), Willie Jones (batterie). New York, 28 juillet 1955. 

10. All the Things You Are (Kern, Hammerstein II) 3:25

11. Ghost of a Chance (Crosby, Washington, Young) 4:57

12. Falling in Love with Love (Rodgers, Hart) 3:00

13. Quit It (Elmo Hope) 4:27

14. Huh! (Elmo Hope) 3:49

15. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers, Hart) 3:25

16. It's a Lovely Day Today (Irving Berlin) 3:42

17. I'm in the Mood for Love (McHugh, Fields) 4:28

18. Lucky Strike (Elmo Hope) 2:55

19. Blue Mo (Elmo Hope) 6:41

20. Elmo's Fire (Homecoming) (Elmo Hope) 2:41

Elmo Hope (piano), Curtis Counce (contrebasse), Frank Butler (batterie). Los Angeles, avril 1958. 

21. The Countdown (Elmo Hope) 4:06

Elmo Hope Trio: Elmo Hope (piano), Jimmy Bond (contrebasse), Frank Butler (batterie). Los Angeles, 8 février 1959. 

22. Eejah (Elmo Hope) 3:55

CD 2: 

(suite de la session)

1. B's A-Plenty (Elmo Hope) 6:01

2. Barfly (Elmo Hope) 6:18

3. Boa (Elmo Hope) 6:01

4. Something for Kenny (Elmo Hope) 6:28

5. Like Someone in Love (Burke, Van Heusen) 7:31

6. Minor Bertha (Elmo Hope) 4:49

7. Tranquility (Elmo Hope) 3:00

Homecoming: Elmo Hope (piano), Percy Heath (contrebasse), Philly Joe Jones (batterie). New York, 29 juin 1961. 

8. La Berthe (Elmo Hope) 3:13

9. Homecoming (Elmo Hope) 5:12

10. One Mo' Blues (Elmo Hope) 6:47

11. Imagination (Burke, Van Heusen) 6:43

Sounds from Rikers Island: Elmo Hope (piano), Ronnie Boykins (contrebasse), Philly Joe Jones (batterie). New York, 19 août 1963. 

12. Kevin (Elmo Hope) 4:15

13. Three Silver Quarters (Elmo Hope) 4:45

Here's Hope: Elmo Hope (piano), Paul Chambers (contrebasse), Philly Joe Jones (batterie). New York, 1961. 

14. Hot Sauce (Elmo Hope) 3:35

15. When the Groove is Low (Elmo Hope) 5:00

CD 3: 

(suite de la session)

1. Freffie (Elmo Hope) 3:39

2. De Dah (Elmo Hope) 4:28

3. Abdullah (Elmo Hope) 3:46

4. Stars Over Marakesh (Elmo Hope) 6:45

High Hope: Elmo Hope (piano), Paul Chambers (contrebasse), Philly Joe Jones (batterie). New York, 1961. 

5. Chips (Elmo Hope) 4:58

6. Moe's Bluff (Elmo Hope) 4:21

7. Happy Hour (Elmo Hope) 4:05

High Hope: Elmo Hope (piano), Butch Warren (contrebasse), Granville T. Hogan (batterie). New York, 1961. 

8. Mo is On (Elmo Hope) 4:31

9. Maybe So (Elmo Hope) 4:39

10. Crazy (Elmo Hope) 4:34

The Final Sessions: Elmo Hope (piano), Ronnie Boykins (contrebasse), Clifford Jarvis (batterie). New York, 9 mai 1966. 

11. Toothsome Threesome (Elmo Hope) 8:51

12. Low Tide (Elmo Hope) 4:56

13. Bird's View (Elmo Hope) 6:32

14. Something for Kenny (Elmo Hope) 6:39

15. Vi-Ann (Elmo Hope) 6:37

CD 4: 

(suite de la session)

1. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin, De Sylva, MacDonald) 8:42

2. Grammy (Elmo Hope) 8:25

3. A Kiss for My Love (Elmo Hope) 8:04

4. Roll On (Elmo Hope) 5:51

5. Punch That (Elmo Hope) 9:37

The Final Sessions: Elmo Hope (piano), John Ore (contrebasse), Philly Joe Jones (batterie). New York, 8 mars 1966. 

6. I Love You (Cole Porter) 10:50

7. A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) 10:16

8. Stellations (Elmo Hope) 4:21

9. Pam (Elmo Hope) 2:46

10. Elmo's Blues (Elmo Hope) 10:41

Notes de pochette: Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler. 

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