Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Hope Meets Foster
| Recorded | Oct 4, 1955 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PRLP 7021 |
| Released | 1955 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 582202 |
The record
Frank Foster's tenor and Freeman Lee's trumpet share the front line here, with Ore and Taylor keeping steady time under Hope's spiky, unpredictable comping. An underheard 1955 OJC date worth chasing down for the horn writing alone.
Session personnel
- John Ore — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Elmo Hope — piano
- Frank Foster — tenor saxophone
- Freeman Lee — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1956 | Prestige · PRLP 7021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp |
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| 1977 | Prestige · VIJ-5021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1977 | Prestige · VIJ-5021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1985 | Original Jazz Classics — LIMITED EDITION |
| 2013 | Prestige · UCCO-5221 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM |
| — | Autogram · ALLP-136 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
Follow the players
John Ore also plays on
Art Taylor also plays on
Elmo Hope also plays on