Sounds from Rikers Island

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Sounds from Rikers Island
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Studio album by Elmo Hope
Released 1963
Recorded August 19, 1963
Riker's Island, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 36:13
Label Audio Fidelity
AFLP 2119
Producer Walt Dickerson
Elmo Hope chronology
Hope-Full
(1962)Hope-Full1962
Sounds from Rikers Island
(1963)
The Final Sessions
(1966)The Final Sessions1966

Sounds from Rikers Island is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope recorded in 1963 for the Audio Fidelity label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz 4/4 stars[3]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "As a musical document, it is an overwhelming success. Hope surrounds himself with musicians whose reputations are now legendary... the level of musical empathy and improvisational reciprocity is inspiring. This is an obscure date but it shouldn't be, as it features some of Hope and Gilmore's finest playing, and shows Jones in rare, lighthearted form".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated

  1. "One for Joe" - 4:34
  2. "Ecstasy" - 3:15
  3. "Three Silver Quarters" - 4:45
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:57
  5. "Trippin'" - 3:19
  6. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) - 4:07
  7. "Kevin" - 4:15
  8. "Monique" - 3:02
  9. "Groovin' High" (Gillespie) - 2:59

Personnel

References

  1. Elmo Hope discography accessed November 26, 2012
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2012
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