Elmo Hope Discography
1953 (age 30)
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; Percy Heath, bass; "Philly" Joe Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, June 18, 1953
| BN495-1 tk.2 | Happy Hour | Blue Note BLP 5029 |
| BN496-2 tk.5 | Freffie | - |
| BN497-2 tk.8 | Carvin' The Rock | - |
| BN498-0 tk.9 | Host Sauce | - |
| BN499-0 tk.10 | Mo Is On | - |
| BN499-1 tk.11 | Mo Is On (alternate take) | Blue Note CDP 7 84438 2 |
| BN500-1 tk.13 | Stars Over Marrakesh | Blue Note BLP 5029 |
| BN501-1 tk.19 | I Remember You | - |
| tk.20 | It's A Lovely Day Today | Blue Note CDP 7 84438 2 |
| BN502-2 tk.23 | Sweet And Lovely | Blue Note BLP 5029 |
* Blue Note BLP 5029 Elmo Hope - New Faces-New Sounds 1953
= Blue Note (J) K18P-9271 Elmo Hope Trio/Elmo Hope Quintet 1983
= Blue Note CDP 7 84438 2 Elmo Hope Trio And Quintet 1991
1954
Elmo Hope Quintet
Freeman Lee, trumpet; Frank Foster, tenor sax; Elmo Hope, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 9, 1954
| BN566-2 tk.3 | Crazy | Blue Note BLP 5044 |
| BN566-3 tk.4 | Crazy (alternate take) | Blue Note CDP 7 84438 2 |
| BN567-3 tk.8 | Later For You | Blue Note BLP 5044 |
| BN568-1 tk.10 | Abdullah | - |
| BN569-1 tk.12 | Chips | - |
| BN570-2 tk.15 | Maybe So | - |
| BN571-2 tk.18 | Low Tide | - |
* Blue Note BLP 5044 Elmo Hope Quintet Vol. 2 - New Faces-New Sounds 1954
= Vogue (E) LDE 139; Jazz Selection (F) JSLP 50038 Elmo Hope Quintet
= Blue Note (J) K18P-9271 Elmo Hope Trio/Elmo Hope Quintet 1983
= Blue Note CDP 7 84438 2 Elmo Hope Trio And Quintet 1991
1955
The Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; John Ore, bass; Willie Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, July 28, 1955
| 770 | All The Things You Are | Prestige PRLP 7010 |
| 771 | I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance | - |
| 772 | Falling In Love With Love | - |
| 773 | Quit It | - |
| 774 | Huh | - |
| 775 | My Heart Stood Still | - |
| 776 | It's A Lovely Day Today | - |
| 777 | I'm In The Mood For Love | - |
| 778 | Lucky Strike | - |
| 779 | Blue Mo | - |
| 780 | Elmo's Fire | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7010 Elmo Hope Trio - Meditations 1955
= Prestige PRST 7675 The Elmo Hope Memorial Album 1969
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-1751, OJCCD-1751-2 Elmo Hope Trio - Meditations 1990
Elmo Hope Quartet And Quintet Featuring Frank Foster
Freeman Lee, trumpet #1-3; Frank Foster, tenor sax; Elmo Hope, piano; John Ore, bass; Arthur Taylor, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 4, 1955
| 1. 798 | Zarou | Prestige PRLP 7021 |
| 2. 799 | Fosterity | - |
| 3. 800 | Shutout | - |
| 4. 801 | Wail Frank, Wail | - |
| 5. 802 | Yaho | - |
| 6. 803 | Georgia On My Mind | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7021 Elmo Hope Quartet And Quintet Featuring Frank Foster - Hope Meets Foster 1956
= Prestige PRLP 7021 (later) Frank Foster - Wail Frank Wail 1957+
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-1703 Elmo Hope Quartet And Quintet Featuring Frank Foster - Hope Meets Foster 1985
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1703-2 - 1991
1956
The Elmo Hope Sextet
Donald Byrd, trumpet; John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Elmo Hope, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 7, 1956
| 884 | Weeja | Prestige PRLP 7043 |
| 885 | Polka Dots And Moonbeams | - |
| 886 | On It | - |
| 887 | Avalon | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7043 Elmo Hope Sextet - Informal Jazz 1956
= Prestige PRLP 7043 (later) Hank Mobley, John Coltrane - Two Tenors 1957+
= Prestige PR 7043 John Coltrane & Hank Mobley - Two Tenors 1964
= Prestige PRST 7670 John Coltrane With Hank Mobley - 2 Tenors 1969
= Milestone M-47037 Elmo Hope - The All-Star Sessions 1976
= Milestone MCD-47037-2 - 1989
1957
Elmo Hope Quintet
Stu Williamson, trumpet; Harold Land, tenor sax; Elmo Hope, piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Frank Butler, drums.
Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 1957
| So Nice | Pacific Jazz PJ-33 | |
| St. Elmo's Fire | Pacific Jazz PJ-33; World Pacific JWC-509 | |
| Vaun Ex | Pacific Jazz PJ-33; World Pacific JWC-508 |
* Pacific Jazz PJ-33 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers/The Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land 1962
* World Pacific JWC-509 Various Artists - The Blues Vol. 2: Have Blues, Will Travel 1958
* World Pacific JWC-508 Various Artists - The Hard Swing 1958
1959
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Frank Butler, drums.
Radio Recorders Studio B, Los Angeles, CA, February 8, 1959
| B's A-Plenty | Hifijazz J 616 | |
| Barfly | - | |
| Eejah | - | |
| Boa | - | |
| Something For Kenny | - | |
| Like Someone In Love | - | |
| Minor Bertha | - | |
| Tranquility | - |
* Hifijazz J 616, SJ 616 Elmo Hope With Frank Butler And Jimmy Bond 1959
= Contemporary S7620 Elmo Hope Trio With Jimmy Bond & Frank Butler 1970
= Original Jazz Classics OJC-477, OJCCD-477-2 - 1990
1961
Elmo Hope Sextet
Blue Mitchell, trumpet; Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Elmo Hope, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums; Elmo Hope, arranger.
Bell Sound Studios, NYC, June 22, 1961
| Moe, Jr. (take 4) | Riverside RLP 381 | |
| Eyes So Beautiful As Yours | Riverside RLP 381; Milestone MCD-47037-2 | |
| A Kiss For My Love (take 5) | - | |
| Moe, Jr. (take 2) | Milestone M-47037, MCD-47037-2; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1810-2 | |
| A Kiss For My Love (take 4) | Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1810-2 |
* Riverside RLP 381, RLP 9381 Elmo Hope Sextet And Trio - Homecoming! 1961
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1810-2 - 1992
= Milestone M-47037 Elmo Hope - The All-Star Sessions 1976
* Milestone MCD-47037-2 Elmo Hope - The All-Star Sessions 1989
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums; Elmo Hope, arranger.
Bell Sound Studios, NYC, June 29, 1961
| La Berthe | Riverside RLP 381; Milestone MCD-47037-2 | |
| Homecoming | - | |
| One Mo' Blues | - | |
| Imagination | - |
* Riverside RLP 381, RLP 9381 Elmo Hope Sextet And Trio - Homecoming! 1961
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1810-2 - 1992
= Milestone M-47037 Elmo Hope - The All-Star Sessions 1976
* Milestone MCD-47037-2 Elmo Hope - The All-Star Sessions 1989
Elmo Hope With Bertha Hope
Elmo Hope, piano; Bertha Hope, piano #2,5,7.
Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November 9 and 14, 1961
| 1. | Underneath | Riverside RLP 408 |
| 2. | Yesterdays | - |
| 3. | When Johnny Comes Marching Home | - |
| 4. | Most Beautiful | - |
| 5. | Blues Left And Right | - |
| 6. | Liza | - |
| 7. | My Heart Stood Still | - |
| 8. | Moonbeams | - |
* Riverside RLP 408, RLP 9408 Elmo Hope Solo Piano And Duo Piano With Bertha Hope - Hope-full 1962
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1872-2 - 1995
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
NYC, 1961
| Chips | Beacon LP 401 | |
| Happy Hour | - |
Elmo Hope, piano; Edward Warren, bass; Granville Hogan, drums.
| Mo's Bluff | - | |
| Maybe So | - | |
| Mo Is On | - | |
| Crazy | - |
Elmo Hope, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
| Hot Sauce | Celebrity LP 209 | |
| When The Groove Is Low | - | |
| De-Dah | - | |
| Abdula | - | |
| Freffie | - | |
| Stars Over Marakesh | - |
* Beacon LP 401 Elmo Hope - High Hope! 1961
* Celebrity LP 209 Elmo Hope - Here's Hope! 1962
1963 (age 40)
Elmo Hope Ensemble
Lawrence Jackson, trumpet #1,2,4-6,9; Freddie Douglas, alto, soprano sax #1,2,4-6,9; John Gilmore, tenor sax #1,2,4-6,8,9; Elmo Hope, piano; Ronald Boykins, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums; Earl Coleman, vocal #6; Marcelle Daniels, vocal #9.
Riker's Island, NY, August 19, 1963
| 1. | One For Joe | Audio Fidelity AFLP 2119 |
| 2. | Ecstasy | - |
| 3. | Three Silver Quarters | - |
| 4. | A Night In Tunisia | - |
| 5. | Trippin' | - |
| 6. | It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream | - |
| 7. | Kevin | - |
| 8. | Monique | - |
| 9. | Groovin' High | - |
* Audio Fidelity AFLP 2119, AFSD 6119 Elmo Hope Ensemble - Sounds From Rikers Island 1963
1966
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; John Ore, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, March 8, 1966
| Roll On | Specialty SP 2178; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1766-2 | |
| Low Tide (aka Bird's View) | Specialty SP 2178; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 | |
| Toothsome Threesome | Specialty SP 2178; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1766-2 | |
| Something For Kenny (aka If I Could, I Would) | - | |
| Grammy | - | |
| Vi-Ann | - | |
| Punch That | - | |
| Somebody Loves Me | Specialty SP 2179; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 | |
| A Kiss For My Love (aka Bertha, My Dear) | Specialty SP 2179; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1766-2 | |
| Low Tide (alternate take) | Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 | |
| Roll On (alternate take) | Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1766-2 | |
| Vi-Ann (alternate take) | - |
* Specialty SP 2178 Elmo Hope Trio - The Final Sessions Vol. 1
* Specialty SP 2179 Elmo Hope Trio - The Final Sessions Vol. 2
* Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1766-2 Elmo Hope 2. - The Final Sessions Volume Two 1991
* Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 Elmo Hope 1. - The Final Sessions Volume One 1991
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope, piano; John Ore, bass; Clifford Jarvis, drums.
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, May 9, 1966
| Pam | Specialty SP 2178; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 | |
| I Love You | Specialty SP 2179; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 | |
| A Night In Tunisia | - | |
| Stellations | - | |
| Elmo's Blues | - |
* Specialty SP 2178 Elmo Hope Trio - The Final Sessions Vol. 1
* Specialty SP 2179 Elmo Hope Trio - The Final Sessions Vol. 2
* Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1765-2 Elmo Hope 1. - The Final Sessions Volume One 1991